My favorite mode is C W,  and I thought it would die out untill listening to 
a contest for C W and then I kinda changed my thinking.  A lot of people 
still like a challange such as learning C W but there is also the thing that 
some use readers.  One thing about ham radio is that there is so many 
different points of direction there is room for all.  73
Ed  K7UC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Matzura" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: Dumbing down, was Re: Selling Gear Online


> Despite the no-code license changes, I think there's still worlds of
> opportunities for hams in the uncharted multi-gigahertz bands that
> haven't been explored yet, and quite a lot of fun to be had above
> 30mhz but below 150. This is how I got interested in, but never
> involved in, six meters.
>
> On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:26:03 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>Oh boy, here we go. So, passing a code test pases on interest in hf? =3D
>>That's a bit convoluted. I agree that the tests have gotten easier. I =3D
>>was also one of the first to get up in arms when we got our first =3D
>>codeless license. I was, however, also one of the first to admit that I =
> =3D
>>was wrong about the codeless tech brnging an end to my beloved hobby. =3D
>>The hobby's been dying now since the introduction of the Novice license =
> =3D
>>in 1951, if not before. And it's still alive and well. You don't think =3D
>>the difficulty in erecting hf antennas, owing to cc&r's and HOA's, might=
> =3D
>>not have something to do with the seemling lack of interest in HF =
> gear?=3D20=3D
>>
>>
>>I, for one, have observed that when people talk about "dumbing down", =3D
>>what that really means is "Things aren't the same as they were back =3D
>>in*my(*day." Believe me, I can be as curmudgeonly as the next guy. I =3D
>>didn't dub myself "the world's youngest old fart" years ago for nothing,=
> =3D
>>you know. But change is inevitable. Roll with it.=3D20
>>
>>And, more to the point, has anyone else noticed that the people who =3D
>>often holler the loudest about how the tests are dumbed down and we =3D
>>should still have a code requirement, aren't cw ops? Interesting.=3D20