Subj : Morse Code
To   : Tom Walker
From : Steve Bainbridge
Date : Sun Sep 10 2000 05:50 am

Hi Tom


 >  Why shopld the Ham Community be Dictated to by the
 > Military???
Did I say they were ?, all I said was that most of the UK military no longer 
use morse. Yes I know a lot of 3rd world
countries do, due to lack of moolah to invest in modern technology.

 >  IT dosen't matter what they use or Do Not Use. The HAM
 > community is entirely  seperate and a Hobby. They can
precisely, a HOBBY. Yet we are told that we must have morse if we want to TX 
below 30Mhz. Now that isn't the military telling us this, it is politicians, 
and even more annoying, half of them arn't even in our country.
What next, politicians/organisations telling us what stamps we can collect ?

 > Decide through their respectiave country  Regulating
 > agencies and cover groups, Under the guideliens of
 > international  Agreements, What is and Is Not Required to
 > participate in the Hobby cannot  they???
 >  AND presently Code Happens to be a Requirement in most
 > countires. #
True, but if you read my answer to Richard, you will no doubt get a better 
grasp of the reason I posted in the 1st place.
I'm not saying scrap CW in toto, just make it optional, and allow the use of 
computers to tx/rx

73's

Steve

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