CB vs CW (Score 1)

Each winter, just after the Christmas holiday, the airwaves become cluttered with lids/morons who got a ham radio but don't have a license. Because of the license requirement, the airwaves are used by folks who have all read the same rule book. Is learning code a necessary thing? The code test (aka Element 1) is at 5 wpm. Think about that. FIVE words per MINUTE. That's not a test of skill, that's a test of patience. Will the removal open the airwaves to all the lids/morons who otherwise wouldn't take the tests? Maybe, but I doubt few of them will get past the Tech. The 2m repeaters are plentiful as are other bands. The General test isn't too difficult, if you read the book. I have my General Class license and am studying for the Extra. I have been for a while. The amount of information needed to learn from Tech to General is not too bad. But to me and my Southern Blonde Brain, the leap from General to Extra is a stretch.