john wrote:
Its pretty sad that some people believe the ARRL did anything to keep
code. Regardless of multiple member polls, they've always been lukewarm
code supporters at best.
The FCC I understand...they're a big lazy bureaucracy, and we're nothing
but a money sink. Their success at getting away with abdicating their
responsibilities is impressive however. Can you imagine if long haul
truckers were able to get their drivers licenses from trucker school?
A sad day. Off to the bottom end of 20, before the ARRLs winlink jammers
get to it...
John K5MO
Probably not coincidentally, the CW portions of our bands have been
drastically reduced. Admittedly some of them were seldom crowded, but it
just seems like part of the same picture.
As for the ARRL, I agree with John... lukewarm on CW, at best. Every
mention of expanded phone bands in QST, or in the emailed ARRL letters,
seemed to have triple exclamation marks. Well, until the FCC actually
outlaws CW that's where I'll be.
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