In these days of ubiquitous PC's, it's easy enough to make the CW
sending test objective: require that the testee send well enough so a
specified computer program can receive it. Actually, it doesn't have
to be a full PC, it could be a dedicated box with an LED or LCD
display. This is the technological solution.
Or, an alternative: certify certain VE's as Morse code testers, like
the M's and G's do. This is labor intensive, and could be expensive.
The UK test sure is.
As it is now, a sending test to a randomly chosen VE would make me
VERY uncomfortable.
On the other hand, I see the Morse test as the ham radio version of
hazing, and think that it should be done away with all together.
73, doug
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