[BC] No-code Amateur license

[Rich Wood]

------ At 08:35 PM 7/23/2005, Tom Taggart wrote: -------

>Presumably the technician no-code and technician code licenses will, in
>effect, be merged, the no-code techs allowed to move up to the bands
>allowed for the code techs.

I used to moderate the Fidonet Amateur Radio Echo about the time the 
no-code license appeared. I can guarantee this topic has a half-life 
of hundreds of years. I have an Advanced Class license. I studied 
code at 22 wpm to be sure I would be able to copy 13. I used a Morse 
Machine that allowed me to feed ASCII text in. At the test they used 
the same machine. I'm absolutely sure I passed the speed required for 
an Extra ticket by mistake. With the earlier rules change all I have 
to do to be able to use indecent language on 75meters is pass the 
Extra theory. I hate code. It's been an impediment to even MIT 
engineering friends who didn't have the interest or time to learn how 
to beep. I can't think of anything that's cause more damage to 
Amateur Radio than the code requirement.

I'll be found living underwater in Alvin for the next few years. Even 
my flame retardant suit won't protect me from this one.

Rich
KF2JO

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