[SCCC] No-Code CW training Tape Available

[Art - W6KY]

This was posted to the SOC (Second Class Operators) reflector by WM4B.
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In light of the likelihood that US Amateur Radio testing may soon become
completely no-code-tested, this 16-year-old article from WA6ITF may have
new applicability.

                    GEARVAKf Research Basis of No-Code Tape
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Turlock, California-- April 32, 1989 -  In a surprise announcement that has
completely rocked the foundation of the educational community, the Wet-Link
C.B.  Radio Network has prematurely introduced a new "No-Code CW Training
Tape Cassette' which was developed using lack of research material supplied
by the world famous Gorbinsky Learning and Forgetting Center of Ohio.

   This GEARVAKf-sponsored facility is the hub of the GEARVAKf-funded
research into "things."

   In a 1955 report authored two decades before the center was opened, it's
former Director of Research Into Things, Dr. R. U. Kidding, PhD. (phud),
posed the question: "Why is the sky blue and what does this have to do with
learning morse code?"

   Using grant monies provided by the GEARVAKf Grant Monies Institute to
Research Things, Dr. Kidding attempted to contact the late Samuel F.B.
Morse to ascertain the answer.  By 1966, Dr. Kidding had discovered that
Morse had been dead for several decades and therefore was not a plausible
source for garnering  his information.

   While Dr. Kidding never did learn why the sky is blue, his 1979 paper
titled "To Code or Not to Code--Is That a Question?" went unnoticed by the
communications community for almost two decades, mainly because it as
written in a VIC-20 computer, printed in 23-letter columns, and looked like
a grocery list. The paper was resurrected about four days ago by the
production staff at Wet-Link C.B. Radio as an excuse to put out a useless
tape cassette to teach  people No-Code at 0 WPM.  Hosted by Niles East, the
cassette is designed to instruct the listener and impart enough knowledge
so that he or she can pass the Morse Code portion of the FCC No-Code ham
radio exam.

   Since nobody in their right or left mind would buy such trash, the only
way to get one is at the WESTLINK REPORT/220 NOTES booth at the 1989
Amateur RadioVention in Dayton, Ohio.  The tapes are almost for free, but
not quite. GEARVAKf members are advised to show their lack of ID cards
while non-members need not.