To code… or not to code….

Right now, one of the biggest pieces of regulation change, probably ever in the history of American Ham Radio, is before the FCC.

QRZ.com has graciously hosted a PDF version of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking here. View for a look.

Of course, this has doen nothing but shake the hamsexy hornet’s nest, and the old farts, malcontents, troublemakers and stalwarts have all making their opinions known. Usually an amusing read, QRZ’s thread on the topic is proving quite interesting. While some are for the elimination of code, a great many others are against it.

There’s one factor that is common in most of the pro-code posts on that (and most) threads on QRZ… SNOBBERY. As you are aware, us here on Hamsexy have taken it upon ourselves to point out and highlight useless snobs in our beloved hobby. As with most hobbies, ham radio has it’s share of snobs. Unfortunatley, Ham radio has more than most – which is why we exist.

But – my little piece of wisdom is this: The problems of Ham Radio don’t even BEGIN with keeping or losing code, but a lot of the same people are involved.

(The thread on the Hamsexy Forums can be found here: http://forums.hamsexy.com/viewtopic.php?t=2694)