[TenTec] Arrl and code

[John B. Egger]

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.
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>	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
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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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--John K3GHH
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