They already have that it’s called CB. No thank you keep the electronic theory questions, bring back CW for General and extra tests we don’t need appliance operators. Leave that for the CBers. The ones complaining about the test’s just need to study all good things come with WORK. To lazy stay with your cell phones and CB radios
CW requirements are not coming back. Trust me here. I know CW BTW.
If someone want to learn CW, they still can. No one is stopping them.
Most hams are basically appliance operators already. If someone wants to learn all the theory or become an electronic technician, they can still do that too.
BTW I not sure what you mean by “We don’t need” this and that. IMO this is the kind of attitude which would make a lot of people back off.
I have to tell you it was not until many years after I received my ticket when I learned real hands on experience regarding antenna design and actually learned/researched and got the nerve to work on rather high end solid state xcrv’s and solid state amplifiers.
Even after passing the 13wpm ditty, it did not help or prompt me to do any of the above. In fact I never operated or was even interested in CW until after the CW requirements were eliminated.
Just wanted you to know, there are a lot of people out there with very similar type stories.
You know, I bought a couple of CB’s just for emergency use, mostly, if necessary, on some trips out in Kansas where you’re totally isolated (main cell phone didn’t work but later I found one of my backups did).
It’s freaky-silent on ch 19 ... probably since just after “Smokey and the Bandit” but it does read the continuous mechanical-voiced weather updates on alternate channels.