From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!rjf
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio
Title: Re: No-code license
Article-I.D.: rlgvax.1159
Posted: Thu Mar 10 12:10:23 1983
Received: Fri Mar 11 08:00:43 1983


	Well, the battle lines have been drawn! Code or NO-code?
	My feelins on the matter are simple. I believe that there
	should indeed be a license class that has a theory requirement
	but no code test. HOWEVER, this (Experimenter) Class license
	should be restricted to the UHF frequencies, NOT VHF! In other
	words, they should only be allowed on above 220 MHz. Certainly,
	they shouldn't be allowed on 2 meters. Two meters is crowded
	enough with people that HAVE gone through the trouble of learning
	Morse Code (at least 5 words per minute anyway). Even 220 is getting
	a little full in some areas.
		While I understand the new radio computer people wanting
	to get on the air with their stuff without learning something
	they will NEVER use, let them have frequencies that other hams
	don't normally use and where they will have to really work at
	getting on the air. Hams have always helped push ahead the
	state of the art. If these experimenters really want to get
	on the lower frequencies then they should take the time to learn
	what everyone else does. I refuse to accept the idea that it is
	impossible for someone to learn the theory AND Morse code at 5 wpm.
	My wife has NO backround in radio, and she did it. C'mon people,
	you want to be a ham, do it, its not hard. You don't want to,
	fine, but don't expect the privledges that go with being one.

					Bob Fabrizio, WA3SBT
					(...!{seismo,mcnc,we13}!rlgvax!rjf)