Ham Radio Online welcomes letters from readers. We reserve the right to chose which to publish and to edit the letters as necessary. The opinions expressed in the letters are strictly those of the writer and not necessarily of Ham Radio Online. This is in spite of the fact that morse code is absolutely irrelevant today.
Nobody needs it for any purpose whatsoever.
I have been a tech for two years now. I've studied the code and could probably pass the 5 wpm today. However, every time I get set to do that I just get madder and madder that this stupid requirement even exists. I think it's time to get your heads out of the sand and stop pretending that the code is useful or necessary and open the hobby up to young, talented people who have a lot to contribute without having to learn some 19th century communication technique that lost its relevancy 50 years ago. That's all from me.