Subj : radio check
To   : DAITENGU
From : Cougar428
Date : Wed Feb 01 2023 11:43:00

-=> Quoting Daitengu to Ted Long <=-

 TL> "SAVE HAM RADIO! BRING BACK THE CODE TEST!"

 Da> Oh, you're one of them gatekeepers. You know, the ones that would
 Da> rather see ham radio die a death of attrition rather than let in young
 Da> people that could contribute and progress the hobby.  
 Da> I'm one of them "dumbed-down no-code" licensees. Anyone who came to
 Da> this hobby in the last 16 years was not required to learn a lick of
 Da> morse code, but quite a few of them eventually did.   

 Da> I've done a lot of listening on 75m, and all I've heard is old men
 Da> talking about their colonoscopies, spreading conspiracy theories, and
 Da> bitching about "those damn kids" that are on "their lawns". 
 Da> Code proficency has nothing to do with how well or how poorly you
 Da> operate a radio. Every person in the US passed the same basic test or
 Da> set of tests. They haven't changed that much in the last 20+years.  
 Da> Today it makes no difference if the code you know is CW, or Python. 
 Da> And there is no reason for it.  If you want to learn,  great!
 Da> fantastic!  If not,  there's tons of other things to do on the radio. 
 Da> Don't be a gatekeeper, Ted. It's a bad look.

Hi there, I am just an SWL listener.  I do hear morse on the bands.
Although I may be tuned in to it as I was a Morse intercept operator
in the US Army and when I hear it, my fingers start to hit the keys.

Once I got out of the service, I found there wasn't much call for
morse operators. Maybe in the Maritime service but not much else.

I am not a licensed HAM, just an avid fan.  I learned morse so many
years ago, and I don't really see it being used much anymore that I
think making new users test would probably be a deterrent.

Just my opinion...

Cougar


.... Sure, he's cute.  But can he *type*?

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