[TenTec] No more need

[Charles Delaune]

Judging from what I've been reading so far -- I feel it safe to say that
I'll be preaching to the choir with my feelings on the subject.
None-the-less, I'll put my two cents in the pot...

If nothing else, the Morse code requirement was, at the very least, a
tradition, that made me feel like I accomplished something when I HAD to
learn it to get my first Ham ticket, and the content of the theory element
of the higher class exams were such that you had to have a real
understanding of radio theory/electronics as opposed to the Mickey Mouse
questions that have been used in the question pool for the past 15 years or
so. In other words, the written elements have been so watered-down,
memorization has slowly taken the place of study and learning. So, now that
CW will no longer be a requirement and the written exams have been such a
joke, my question now is ...WHERE'S THE CHALLENGE??? Or, has this concept,
like CW, been declared antiquated, and has now fallen victim to political
correctness?

N5BLY--Charlie
 -----Original Message-----
From: 	tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Ed Malmgren
Sent:	Sunday, December 17, 2006 7:27 PM
To:	Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject:	[TenTec] No more need

Well if the reason for C W was for a pool in time of war and now not needed,
the government has a   damned short memory as to all the service ham radio
does in time of emergencies when no other means of communication is
available so thanks to whoever dropped the ball.  Ed K7UC

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