Subj : this echo
To   : Steve Bainbridge
From : Holger Granholm
Date : Wed Jun 20 2001 01:50 pm

In a message dated 06-10-01, Steve Bainbridge said to Roy Witt:

SB>Why 2003 I will never know. It wwould be so easy for each countries
SB>radio regulatory body to scrap it now, just like they have lowered
SB>the 12wpm to 5wpm, and as long as the actual exam is passed, allow
SB>full HF access.

Hello Steve,

Easy my friend. International regulations require access to shorwave
only if you have passed a morse exam. At this stage speed is not an
issue so 5 wpm will fulfill the requirement.

The next WRC is 2003 and it will have the authority to change that rule.
No local regulatory body can scrap that requirement.

73 de Sam, OH0NC

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