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