Re: [TenTec] [Fwd: FCC ELIMINATES CW EXAM]

["Stuart Rohre" <rohre@arlut.utexas.edu>]

The international community that regulates radio said in 2003, that Morse 
Testing should be optional, the decision to do it, left up to individual 
countries.  All that have ruled since have dropped it.  The maritime 
community have dropped compulsory CW watches on 500 kHz.  Technology marches 
on.  CW is just one mode among many ham radio can freely use.

I like the analogy to the slide rule.  You can do the math with a slide rule 
or a calculator.  You don't have to know how to use a slide rule to get the 
right math answers.  (in fact, with a calculator, you probably will get a 
correct answer more of the time).

Stuart
K5KVH