Doug,
Re: your comment about CW as hazing. There is a difficult part to
accomplishing anything of value. learning morse code is a requirement
for obtaining a ham license. If you want to be an engineer, you learn
calculus, if you want a higher degree from a college you write a thesis.
All hard stuff, but you do it. Those who don't don't get the degree. All
don't do it with the same degree of ease or difficulty, but all who work
at it will eventually accomplish it. If you remove all of the difficult
parts from the requirements, the license becomes worthless. It isn't yet
worthless, but it's getting pretty cheap with the VE system of testing.
72,
Bill, K5ZTY
WITHOUT CW, IT'S JUST CB
ARCI 8817, CQC 178, NOR-CAL 1321, MI 1472, NE 440
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