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Originally Posted by Rick TYler
If you don't learn Morse, it's not really a ham license.
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Phooey! It sure is, dangnabbit.
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Originally Posted by ebarker
How much CW activity exists today on HF ?
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Tons, it is actually
more popular than when you needed to pass a code test for your license. Just listen in the morse section of any band, 24/7. If there is propagation, you'll hear a crowded band.
Mark, if you read over the questions three or 4 times over 2-3 weeks, you'll probably pass. 9 year old or 88 year old, they have to study too. The basic electronics would be easy for an engineer, but the rules and procedures would not, so that degree won't help.
I used to run ham cram sessions, 2 hours of intense facilitated cram at the Trenton Computer Festival, and we had about a 60% pass rate (normal study results on over 90%). It works, but it is far from ideal.
Don't fret, forget about the math -just read all the questions, undertsnad what they are asking (this takes some effort, but not much), repeat 2 times, and go take the test - you'll pass.
If you need to pass morse code at 5 WPM, I can show you how, it's almost trivial.