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That's true, I remember someone saying that we don't want our ham bands
turning into something like 11-meters.
On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Amanda J. Rush wrote:
> I don't think they should get rid of the requirement.
> Otherwise, what's the insentive to work harder to get the general or extra
> class licenses?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jeff Kenyon
> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 9:06 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: FCC Morse code announcement
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> Well, that is really good. I still hear a lot of CW out there. I think
> that there was actually a time where you had to have 20 words as a
> requirement. What do the rest of you think of the FCC doing away with a
> code requirement? I think that if they do that, they should have more
> technical questions added to the theory.
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> On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Phil Scovell wrote:
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> > Jeff,
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> > I think it was still 5 13 and 20 if I remember correctly. It has been so
> > long ago I took the 20 Word per minute test, I can't recall for certain.
> I
> > still call CW the ODM for the Original Digital Mode. It drives all my
> > packet and digital mode buddies crazy. Back during my 60 and 70 WPM days,
> I
> > was typing faster than most digital people can type, haw.
> >
> > Phil.
> > K0NX
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