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Re: [WestMichiganHams] FCC Eliminates Morse Code Requirement (Finally!!)
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Louis Kim Kline <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:13:21 -0500
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It's already hard to find a QSO on most nights around here.  Ham radio in 
Rochester is about 75% dead.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 11:44 AM 12/16/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>I used to be a 95% CW op, but, Tom and other like-minded listers, times do
>changwe.
>
>I wish that they would have kept a code requirement at least for the Extra 
>Class
>exam.  I'm afraid that in 20-30 years, CW will be non-existent.  Yet, on the
>other hand, with the average age of the amateur being what it is, if we 
>don't do
>all we can to pump some young blood into the hobby, it may be hard to find 
>a QSO
>in 20 years.
>
>Steve, K8SP

Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
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