The only way a new ham will get that message is when you open tour mouth and
tell them. People become interested a a mode of operation by being
introduced to it by a friend. So, let others now the fun that CW is.
The other OT thing you spoke I must ask, What part of ILLEGAL do you not
understand.
kc4atu
From: "Jeff Frank" <jafrank@nyc.rr.com>
Reply-To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: [TenTec] Real Meaning of the New FCC Proposal
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 00:46:27 -0400
I'm not picking on you in particular Rob, but your idea that cw will
continue to live on as strongly, without it being an FCC testing
requirement, strikes me as quite naive. The FCC's new proposal to eliminate
cw testing is clearly a retraction of a long standing endorsement by them
of that mode of operation. Think about why the government continues to
fight against the medical use of marijuana ... because recognize to
sanction such use (and BTW I believe it ought to be legal for the medically
needy) would send a message of endorsement about smoking pot to the general
public, and they don't want to do that. They don't want to send that kind
of message. Try and read between the lines and look at the meaning and the
real implications of things. Regarding the idea of other modes not having
to be tested for, so why should cw be ... the FCC's retracting their
endorsement of the importance of cw has a different meaning than does never
having made an endorsement for one of the other
communication modes to begin with. It says "we used to think this was
important but now we don't anymore." That's not the message I want new or
prospective hams to get.
Jeff (KX2P)
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