CW and the FCC

[Chris Trask]

    Does the written portion for Extra class remain the same?  If so, I'm
going to get a study guide this weekend and pass that test the first chance
I get next year.

    But let me add this:  I will never lose my admiration for hams that can
even do 5WPM.  I'm much more of a designer and builder than I am an
operator.

    And yes, you watch the prices for Heathkit gear on eBay go through the
ceiling.  Sure glad I got mine over a decade ago when the prices were
reasonable.  But then, I can recall standing and watching a fellow at a
hamfest trying to sell a potential buyer a pristine Heathkit SB-301 and
SB-401 together for a mere $125 total.  He was virtually giving it away, and
the buyer just wasn't interested.

Chris

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----- Original Message -----
From: "kd4e" <kd4e at VERIZON.NET>
To: <BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [BOATANCHORS-TEMPE] CW and the FCC


> > W5EUQ wrote:
> > I am a CW guy.  Have been for over 52 years.
> > A BIG RAZZBERRY TO THE FCC!!!!!!!
> > I sure HOPE that this works out okay.  It just may, but I have my
doubts.
> > Bob W5EUQ, Extra Class and 35 WPM code proficiency award holder. (got it
> > when I was 15 years old too.... oh well)
>
> No one noticed that the FCC's recent action to
> dramatically widen Voice on 80M telegraphed their
> long-delayed and much-expected eventual elimination
> of Morse Code in coordination with the rest of the
> world.
>
> I passed 20WPM so it is not that the code stopped
> me but I know a young Ham who was jumping for joy
> today as he has a learning disability that was making
> code nearly impossible -- he said "I am going to do
> nothing but study the General non-stop until I pass!"
>
> For him this was a wonderful Christmas present, for
> others it is a change that comes across as a disappointment.
>
> I don't see the FCC as the villan here, though they
> may have timed this as a slap at the ARRL for their
> recent attacks on the FCC Chairman and their lawsuit re.
> BPL.  It is rarely wise to diss bureaucrats so directly.
>
> BTW: This will drive used HF gear values way up as a
> flood of new General and Extra class licensees seek
> starter rigs.
>
> --
>
> Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E
> ... in sunny & warm Florida  :-)
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