if they get rid of the code can those of us who want to take code can we do 
tso? and still get a license for cw?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: New Frequencies


> Ed,
>
> When I first passed my general, I was about 14 years young at the time.  I
> had a Viking Ranger one for a transmitter.  It ran A M of course but I had
> no microphone.  So that first morning after getting my ticket, I went up
> into the 75 meter phone band and on CW, called a guy running side band
> calling CQ and he answered me.  This was when most phone operators could
> still copy CW of course.  Anyhow, I about fell off my chair because he
> literally rag chewed with me for a long time and never once complains 
> about
> me being on CW.  In fact, now that I think of it, he never asked me why I
> didn't switch to phone.  Way cool.  Them were the days.  I hope, when they
> do away with CW testing all together, they at least keep one written
> question on the exam, and that is, Do you know what CW is?  The answer?  I
> call it, for my packet buddies, the ODM, or the Original Digital Mode. 
> No,
> I don't care if they do away with the code because only people who know 
> the
> code, and can copy it, work the CW bands.  Just leave us with at least 100
> KHz of band width, though, because them dad blame digital boys are now
> taking up half the CW bands so we need at least 50 KHz to call CQ in.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
>
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