Subj : Da Di Dit Dit - Rulz
To : MODERATOR
From : STAN PHILLIPS
Date : Sat Aug 05 2000 03:49 pm
Hi there,
M > No-Code vs Code is a viable topic for discussion here.
From what I have been reading (and hearing), the debate is not really
about 'code' as such. It is about having a test that will keep people
who are not really interested in Ham radio out. I.E. as a 'filter'.
For example, many comments about the new code speed (U.S.A.) from
those who have qualified with high speed code, are about the
'standards being lowered and fear of 'C.B. type behaviour' creeping
in to H.F. operation. If it was really about 'code' then the
comments would be more about a possible reduction of people available
to communicate in 'high speed code'.
The reality is that standards can be made higher at the technical
written exam level, and to have their 'on-air performance' monitored
and a qualified 'monitor' certify that they meet standards of operation.
This, together with the FCC going after those who do not behave
themselves on the air, should work towards 'clean air waves'.
Coming back to "Code", Personally, I think that code SHOULD be still
be required. IMHO, the code should be memorised. This is no different
from learning the rules and regs or Ohms law for that matter. speed
is NOT the important thing, ability to communicate using it is.
It allows communication using the simplest transmitters/receivers.
For example, a few years ago at Dayton, a wife waiting in the car
started calling her husband using the car horn. As another example,
a semi-paralysed patient in the Emerg was annoying the nurses by
'rattling a spoon'. A local HAM visiting the hospital recognised that
it was an attempt to talk in code. He got the attention of the nurses
and told them what the patient was trying to say. This, and many
similar cases has resulted in an organized effort to teach code to
paralysed people as they often have some part of the body that can be
moved under control.
M> CB radio is not a tabu here, but I also moderate the CB_RADIO conference
Very good. It is a LONG time since I have used CB, however there are
some local 'senior citizens' who have a 'CB' chat in the mornings. As
I am now a 'senior citizen' perhaps I should get one and join in now
and again. (will need a vertical antenna for 28 Megs!!!!)
What is the full name of the conference?
73 Stan VE3 ILU
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