11-24-18 16:21 Daryl Stout wrote to CHARLES STEPHENSON about A Little History
Lesson
Howdy! Daryl,

 DS> @MSGID: <5BFA1FDE.1947.amtradio@capitolcityonline.net>
 DS> @REPLY: <5BF8F857.1945.amtradio@capitolcityonline.net>
 DS> Charles,

 CS>I'd like to hear some history and personal comments about it, I'm really
 CS>curious!

 DS>   I got into it originally for Skywarn Severe Weather operations in
 DS> 1991, when the FCC removed the Morse Code requirement (5 wpm exam) for
 DS> the Technician Class license.

 DS>   In 2000, the FCC reduced the Morse Code Requirement to just 5 WPM for
 DS> the Technician Plus (Technician with 5 wpm code exam credit), the
 DS> General, and the Amateur Extra (it was originally 13 WPM for the
 DS> General and Advanced, and 20 WPM for Amateur Extra). In 2007, the FCC
 DS> removed the Morse Code requirement altogether. People are learning the
 DS> Morse Code now because they WANT to...and NOT because they HAVE to.

I've seen You mention "People are learning the Morse Code now because they
WANT to...and NOT because they HAVE to" before and I was wondering where
You read about that?

I don't have a subscription to QST and haven't went to the Library to read
it for many years.

I like reading the Amateur Radio Newsline that You and Others post in
Amateur Radio BBS Echos to learn what is happening in/to Ham Radio.

I appreciate when Other Hams write about things they know about in BBS
echos too.

I could listen to the ARRL CW Bulletins like I use to do, but I can read
them in a Ham Echo the next day.





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