Re: [IRCA] Sort of On-Topic radio announcement...

["Ira Elbert New, III" <ien3@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Careful there...you'll incur the wrath of Willis!     I wouldn't go so far as to say Code sucks, but I, too, am proud to have my License. I am also a No-Code General. Morse-Code never came easy for me and still doesn't, though I haven't given up on it entirely. Perhaps I'll master it some day, but for now, I enjoy what I have and what I'm able to do. I have never really learned how to do Oral Surgery or fly a plane, but I don't think that makes me less of person. They're just things I never learned to do.Now back to the dials before my Radio Club meeting tonight...KI4SYCBert New
Watkinsville, Georgia
Proudly Serving You Since 1964!> From: AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:24:32 -0700> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Sort of On-Topic radio announcement...> > A neighbor who was a very active HF band amateur radio operator sparked> my interest in radio in 1965 when I was 13. I never saw him use code. He> always used voice in AM or sideband mode. I still remember sitting in> his northern Illinois ham shack one Saturday evening and being allowed> to talk to an amateur who was maritime mobile on a private yacht in the> Caribbean. I tried for many years to get an amateur license but could> not master the code. Over the years I probably purchased every code> learning aid that was available. As an adult I eventually discovered> that I was slightly dyslexic and that was why I couldn't learn the code.> I often wonder how much I lost in my life because of that ridiculous and> outdated code requirement. When the code requirement was finally> eliminated for V!
 HF and above (could that have been almost 16 years ago> now?) I was one of the very first no-code techs to be licensed. And,> more recently, when code was finally eliminated for the HF class> licenses I was one of the very first to upgrade. I am proud to be a code> free General class licensee. And I am planning to upgrade soon. MORSE> CODE SUCKS!> > Patrick Griffith, CBT CBNT CRO> Westminster CO> http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/> http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/> > _______________________________________________> IRCA mailing list> IRCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca> > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers> > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org> > To Post a message: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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