Subj : MORSE CODE
To   : Roy Witt
From : David Pratt
Date : Wed Sep 06 2000 07:30 pm

 -=> Quoting Roy Witt to Andy Ball <=-
 
 AB>     Things certainly point that way (5 WPM and all that).
 AB> Have the FCC said that they will eventually eliminate the
 AB> requirement?

 RW> It's one of those things that's decided by the international meetings
 RW> held about every two years.  I'm thinking IARU, but may be mistaken on
 RW> that. The subject keeps poping up at these meetings and world-wide,
 RW> morse code is being eliminated from government and military radio, and
 RW> only has a following in Amateur Radio anymore.

It is left entirely to the individual countries, Roy.  All the
International Radio Regulations say is....

"2736   (2) Administrations shall take such measures as they judge
necessary to verify the operation and technical qualifications of any
person wishing to operate the apparatus of an amateur station."

The only problem arises when reciprocal licensing is involved, and
more recently with the CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-01 of which the USA
is a signatory.

73

David

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