[misc.handicap] code waivers

wtm@bunker.UUCP (Bill McGarry) (01/23/91)

Index Number: 13102

Well, if we were discussing something like a Marine Radiotelegraph License,
then your arguements might have some value in that a lack of CW (code)
competency on the part of an operator could result in a loss of life
and property. In the case of hams, there is seldom, probably never,
a life-or-death situation when the use of CW is mandatory. In light of
that, the code test smacks of artificial barriers and the FCC was justified
in sweeping it aside.