gi7omy Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 I just got this from the IRTS news broadcast (Irish Radio Transmitters' Society) "Morse Requirement dropped in US The FCC has modified the Amateur Radio Service rules, eliminating Morse code as an exam requirement. The new rules come into effect on Friday the 23rd of February 2007. The changes will grant limited HF operating privileges to Technician licensees on 80, 40, 15, and 10 meters. Once the new rules take effect, Technicians can upgrade to General by passing a single written exam and to Amateur Extra by also passing a written exam." If you hear me on - don't ask me about CDs or DVDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDWAGON Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 It's about time that the FCC here in the US got up to speed with all the new technology. The key was dead years ago !!! Frank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 It's about time that the FCC here in the US got up to speed with all the new technology. The key was dead years ago !!! Frank... Pardon? QRS pse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi7omy Posted February 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 Actually Frank I'm a bit surprised at the speed of the FCC here - WARC dropped it in 2003, we got it in 2006. Look how long it took the FCC to accept the CEPT reciprocal licensing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronecol Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 As one who has spent many enjoyable hours on CW, I'm saddened by the softening of licence requirements. For me it was a point of pride to copy by ear at 20 -25 wpm. Maybe it will attract more cb er's now - 10-4 good buddy. VE3KFA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi7omy Posted February 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 As one who has spent many enjoyable hours on CW, I'm saddened by the softening of licence requirements. For me it was a point of pride to copy by ear at 20 -25 wpm. Maybe it will attract more cb er's now - 10-4 good buddy.VE3KFA It was dropped here over a year ago and it hasn't really brought any chicken boxers in to be honest. The course of study required (as for the Tech licence over there and the 'B' licence here) put them off. The theory end was the real hurdle and that discouraged them. The point is that the bandplan STILL has the CW only sections - all the WARC agreement did was allow anyone who didn't have proficiency with a key to operate on the other sections. It didn't stop Morse (there's still as much around as there was, but how much of it is computer generated and how much is 'fist' is a good question that I ain't qualified to answer). Bear in mind tho - how many are using Pactor and RTTY as well as SSB and never touched a key once they got the tests out of the way? ve3kfa de gi7omy 73 es cul kn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDWAGON Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 "ve3kfa de gi7omy 73 es cul kn " O.K. Daithi---Now pound it out in CD 73's ve3kfa---de WA6EAG Frank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi7omy Posted February 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 CD Frank? you need to 'disc'over your key Anyway - it's --.../...-- = 73 - no 's on the end ---/-.-/..-../..../.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDWAGON Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Well, that's why I gave up the stuff years ago Daithi Yeah---"CD". They have a program that you can write in text and then it will translate it into Morris code. Then you can burn it to "CD". Now that's getting to be about as ancient as I can think of. Frank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 They have a program that you can write in text and then it will translate it into Morris code. Then you can burn it to "CD". Now that's getting to be about as ancient as I can think of. Frank... Morris Code ? That's what the "G"s used to use before semaphore, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDWAGON Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Yeah Brendon, that's even more ancient that I was thinking about What is that he's signaling---an "8" ??? Frank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sknis Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Morris Code ? That's what the "G"s used to use before semaphore, isn't it? Wow, that's almost an inside joke. Or outside the US anyway. To get in on the joke Wikipedia. or . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerman Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Kind of reminds me of the Borat movie! I can't dance a lick and after watching the video, I don't care to either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Yeah Brendon, that's even more ancient that I was thinking about What is that he's signaling---an "8" ??? Frank... No, I think it's something like "Full Flaps, or I'll never get airborne in time!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi7omy Posted February 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I thought that was the new England response to the haka : "We Surrender" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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