[cfgeeks] FCC eliminates morse code requirements

[Albert Pratts]

It was a requirement... Should stayed like that,,, Have you seen any
school lovering the academics because of the students? or a DL inspector
giving out a DL because someone can't pass?

Albert

Kevin P. Inscoe wrote:
> Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Saturday 16 December 2006 13:29, Kevin P. Inscoe wrote:
> >> Albert Pratts wrote:
> >>> That really sux!!!!!!
> >> And when is the last time you made a CW contact?
> > I don't think that's the point, and that's coming from a guy who
> probably
> > would have been a radio amateur in his teens if it hadn't been for
> the code
> > requirements.
>
> > If there's a severe disruption of our society, (think EMP or 500%
> economic
> > deflation with attendant depression), nice microprocessor equipped
> radios
> > with surface mounted components might not be available. It's always
> possible
> > we could be knocked back to spark gaps, and in such a possibility,
> however
> > remote, I'd feel more comfortable with a large population knowing
> Morse Code,
> > especially the population that operates radio transmitters.
>
> Soo like so many things in society these days we should mandate this?
>
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