Subj : radio check
To : DAITENGU
From : Cougar428
Date : Wed Feb 01 2023 11:43 am
-=> 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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