Matthew D. Pitts wrote:
Karl,
Where do you get the idea that the ARRL is trying to kill BPL?
That is what the ARRL letters say they need my money for.
Aren't you aware of the fact that they are, or have been, testing a
BPL system at W1AW?
They have been traveling to BPL sites and testing from Mobile Rigs.
As far as the recent changes to 75/80 meters, that was something the
FCC screwed up on, not the ARRL.
Matt read the Report and order and you find it's the old ARRL
Re-farm the Novice Bands thing. It isn't bad. But they didn't get the
bandwidth's right. And the digital guys are mad.
And the ARRL has been opposed to the total elimination of the code
test; they wanted at least for the code to be required for Extra
Class. Don't give up teaching the code to people just because it's not
required; it's still useful when all else fails.
I'm a Fox in the Fox Hunts and I run a local CW net. I like CW and I
will keep using it. But I'm 71 years old and my 3 mile walk is getting
harder.
72 73 Karl K5DI
Matthew N8OHU
----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Larsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "VR2BrettGraham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Morse test elimination
Guys, the ARRL almost caused a revolt in FCC-Wireless. They were
being visited by ARRL people daily. They are lawyers and they are
trying to kill Internet on power lines, and push band planning and
morse code testing removal.
Then after they GOT the band plan they pushed it was discovered
ARRL goofed. They made too much space near the CW/Digital bands Extra
Class. But then wait. It will be simple to get a Extra Class license.
No 20 WPM send and receive, hard written stuff, it is just some
multiple guess questions now.
The ARRL keeps sending me mail which says they need big bucks to
keep the lawyers in Washington. Will I send a hundred bucks? I throw
away to letter.
All the fun I have had teaching code to people is over. My last
effort was fun because I had a 5 year old girl. She had little
trouble with the code, but she had not learned how to write down a Z
or A.
So all this is over. Well I'm almost over too.
72 73 Karl K5DI
VR2BrettGraham wrote:
N8OHU added:
I'd rather say it's the "fault" of the ITU, if you want the truth.
They were
the ones to let the code go back in 2003.
Not quite - the ITU does what its members decide.
And the end of Morse as licensing requirement
probably started with the JA no-code license -
the first ITU member that "found" a way to get
around the requirement.
The amateur population in JA is now contracting,
but the effect of their no-code license was quite
positive on amateur radio in Japan when it was
introduced.
The effect that had on equipment suppliers is
still obvious today. I wonder what things would
be like now if there was no Incentive Licensing, or
if international opinion would have allowed dropping
the Morse requirement around that time? ;^)
73, VR2BrettGraham
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