Subj : Morse test, to be or not to be?
To   : Richard Town
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sat Jun 30 2001 02:18 am

Hello Richard,

 >  MvdV> All other services have stopped using morse. The military,
 >  MvdV> aviation and marine services, none of them uses morse any more.
 >
 > MIL still teaches morse as a backup. I'm (painfully)
 > reminded of the call made on reservists during the Gulf war.

They may have used it in the Gulf war. Note that that already is a decade into 
the past...

The Dutch military have stopped using (and teaching) it some time ago.

The official point of view of the RDR (the Dutch equivalent of the FCC) is that 
there is no compelling reason to maintain the morse test as part of the exam 
since their are no other services left that use morse.

I gather many governments have taken a similar stance by now.

73, Michiel

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