CANADA REPORTS AGREEMENT TO DROP MORSE

Sometimes somethings need to be said due to the thoughtless comments of some ops...What you just posted may offend some snotty ones here which thank goodness, are in the minority...I hope you get your wish as so you can get on the air and show them "Children haters " You can be an example code or no-code! I have read the postings and i get very amused at some of the assinine comments thats benn going on for YEARS!!! ans so what? I use code when i can especially in difficult conditions and just for fun and who cares if the rest of the world goes no-code as most more mature then a lot of HAMS in the U.S.A>!!!< Quit griping and continue operating instead of giving ulcers to everyone else including this trucker who is ill...
`nuff said...

 

Some of us "spoiled brats" down here just don`t learn.... Well said...

 

An amateur licence is a privilege, not a right. There's no connection between freedom and the morse requirement.

Then you must not spend much time in the CW portions of the band. 18 wpm is pretty slow on either side of the border (I certainly wouldn't call it "rattling off").

Personally, I love CW, I think everyone should learn it, but I don't really care too much if the requirement stays or goes.

 

You people make me sick.  You HF elitists don’t want anyone bothering you on your bands.  If you want privacy then pick up the telephone.  This is supposed to be a hobby for everyone.  It’s post like the ones above that is the reason that I have not even wasted my time learning an antiquated tradition.  My dad was a radioman in the Navy and even he says that Morse code is worthless now days.  I have been able to work many digital signals that I could not even hear audibly.  So you can’t tell me that Morse code “gets out” further than anything else.  What separates us from CB, FRS,GMRS is that we care about radio.  We love the mystery of who could be on the other end next and we truly love our hobby despite all of the negative people.  The persons who buy FRS/CB radio’s just want to talk to their kids and their “good buddies” in the car near them for a cheap price.  As hams we know all of our equipment inside and out because that’s what we love.  Don’t get me wrong I have all the respect in the world for people who took the time to try Morse code.  But it’s no different than the people who had to take the extra step to setup elaborate packet networks and design their own antennas.   Just because I don’t care for your part of the hobby doesn’t make me any less of a ham than you.  


vk3txz  said it best “Learning the code is like learning to shoe a horse to get a drivers license”

K7BEN – That’s my opinion we welcome yours.

 

Remember guys, we ultimately will get the last laugh -

After all, when the HF bands are so congested that DX is nearly impossible to work (both ways) becaues the country with the highest concentration of no codes just joined in the fray the rest of the world will wish they had never opened the floodgate.

Guess I had best get off my backside and earn my extra -at least there will be some sanctuary in the lower portion of the bands.

 

Uh oh, who's being elitist now?

Not for nothing, but the persons who buy FRS and CB radios often love the mystery of who could be on the other end next and love their hobby despite negative people as well.

Understanding works both ways.

Chuck, AA1MN

 

Bravo Chuck...That was well put...73 de KB9KLC

 

I remember when everyone thought that 2 meters would turn into CB. But as I see it, it is 80/75 meters that have turned into CB. Just listen to it. And by the way it's mostly old farts that cause most of the problems. And they had to have their code for that band. I don't see eliminating the code causing any problems. Doomsday won't happen just because they dropped code. By the way, I'm an old fart with over 40 years in Ham Radio.

Bill, n0mbw

 

 IF IT'S NOT CW...IT'S JUST CB...

 

Last time I checked you didn't need to be tested to be on the CB.

 

Who cares what the Canadians think. I don't know of a single, solitary thing that the Canadians have ever come up with that would make the United States a better place. They are just a micro-second removed from socialism.

If a prospective amateur doesn't care enough to get a 5 WPM license, he/she isn't going to contribute to the Amateur Service anyway. Who needs them.

Harold K4HCA

Long

 

Just think if they drop the code all of us who know code can get on the bands and talk about them on CW and they won't have a clue    

 

I could really care less if the usa drops the code requirement or not, however I think its silly that that people think morse code is some kind of special thing that makes a ham special....how in the hell does code make you any better of a ham than someone with a technician license?
It doesn't...the thing that makes a ham better is knowledge of the rules,regulations and operating procedures.
I think if the code is dropped, the rules should get tougher and the tests should be more difficult. Honestly, I would like the general test to be around 50 questions and extra class test to be 100 questions, with heavy electronic theory and mathematics...basically make it so the person taking the test actually has to work at it....and not just breeze through it.....thats what will make a ham....not code. Dit dah dit dah...how does that teach a new ham how to behave or operate a station properly? Once again, it doesn't do that.

I've seen a couple people mention cb radio and ham radio.....the thing that seperates the hams and the cb'ers is the fcc and their enforcement.....you rarely hear anything about a cb'er getting busted for running a illegal amplifiier or radio frequency and the same goes for ham radio...hell, listen to that crappy 147.435 repeater in california, everyone on that stupid repeater jams and swears, its worse than any cb station I've ever heard....now what has the fcc done about it?.....notta...nothing...zero...zilch.....so I don't wanna hear crap about morse code screwing up ham radio when the fcc can't even do their job properly.
If you let someone get away with illegal activities,others will follow and do the same and when you have no consequences for them, they have no urge to listen to the rules.
So, if you want a better ham radio world, you gotta have better rules and enforcement.

Morse code doesn't make or break the operator, in fact I know people who could learn morse code in a day, but couldn't pass a written test if they tried. and once again, as far as cb'ers go..... most of them wouldn't have the intelligence to pass a written test.

 

I suppose if you want to draw attention to your ignorance, that's your business. In the meantime, you might want to look here and here for a partial list of Canadian inventions, many of which you no doubt use every day.

 

Good for Canada and rest of world.CW is just a mode.Stop whining and bring more hams in for emergency work and fun.