[RLUG] Busy work

[Mike Galgano]

You don't need code anymore, but I sure won't be the one to say forget 
about it...

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/01/24/100/?nc=1

It's Official! Morse Code Requirement Ends Friday, February 23

NEWINGTON, CT, Jan 24, 2007 -- Circle Friday, February 23, on your 
calendar. That's when the current 5 WPM Morse code requirement will 
officially disappear from the Amateur Radio Service Part 97 rules. On or 
after that date, applicants for a General or Amateur Extra class Amateur 
Radio license no longer will have to demonstrate proficiency in Morse 
code. They'll just have to pass the applicable written examination. The 
appearance in today's Federal Register of the FCC's Report and Order 
(R&O) in the "Morse code proceeding," WT Docket 05-235, starts a 30-day 
countdown for the new rules to become effective. Deletion of the Morse 
requirement -- still a matter of controversy within the amateur 
community -- is a landmark in Amateur Radio history.

Mike Galgano
KB7PUX

Ryan Flowers wrote:
> I just renewed my Tech license. I am trying to learn Morse so that I 
> can teach my 10y/o son who wants to learn. Then I will get my general 
> so that I can operate on the lower bands (20m and possibly 40m). I am 
> currently radio-less though. I should go buy a 2m ht just to get my 
> feet wet again. I haven't keyed a transmitter in 4 years!
>
> Ryan Flowers
> KC7RYS
>
> Don Simmons wrote:
>> Along with Bill, you can add my name to the "busy work" list.
>>
>> By the way, is anyone interested in amateur radio?
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> RLUG mailing list
> RLUG at rlug.org
> http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
>
>


-- 
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.17.32/677 - Release Date: 2/8/07 9:04 PM