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From: david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- Resident E-mail Hack)
Newsgroups: rec.ham-radio.packet,comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Gilmore responds...
Message-ID: <7198@e.ms.uky.edu>
Date: Tue, 1-Sep-87 13:20:07 EDT
Article-I.D.: e.7198
Posted: Tue Sep  1 13:20:07 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 5-Sep-87 04:24:33 EDT
References: <115@splut.UUCP> <598@sugar.UUCP>
Reply-To: david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- Resident E-mail Hack)
Organization: U of Kentucky, Mathematical Sciences
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Keywords: public access to ham spectrum
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In article <598@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
>I, too, don't see the point to the morse requirement. It's a game. Having to
>pass some sort of test is one thing, but having to learn a useless skill
>through boring rote repetition is another. Make the test as tough as you
>like... but test something useful.
>-- 
>-- Peter da Silva `-_-' ...!seismo!soma!uhnix1!sugar!peter
>--                  U   <--- not a copyrighted cartoon :->

I am not a ham ... I want to be a ham, but that code requirement
stops me.  On the other hand I can see good reason why the code
requirement is there ....

If you're in some real-true-blue emergency situation and you have
to construct a radio just to be able to communicate, then you're
more likely to be able to construct one which can do code than
one which can do voice.  It's not useless.
-- 
----- David Herron,  Local E-Mail Hack,  david@ms.uky.edu, david@ms.uky.csnet
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