[SECC] Fwd: [cq-l] NCVEC Files FCC Petition to End Code Tests

[Dan/W4NTI]

Where u been Jay?  The CBplussers are standing in line to come on HF phone.
There gonna jump on top and take over, turn it into another CB band.  Don't
you read the newsgroups?

Thank God for CW.

Dan/W4NTI

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Pryor" <jpryor at uga.edu>
To: <SECC at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 3:12 PM
Subject: [SECC] Fwd: [cq-l] NCVEC Files FCC Petition to End Code Tests


> What's this world comin' to?  Jeeez!
>
> - Jay/K4OGG
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> > From the CQ Newsroom:
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> >The National Council of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC), the
> >umbrella group that writes the amateur radio licensing exams, today filed
> >a petition with the Federal Communications Commission to eliminate Morse
> >code testing for amateur radio licenses in the United States and other
> >FCC-administered areas.
> >
> >Citing the decision by the 2003 World Radiocommunication Conference to
> >make Morse testing optional on a country-by-country basis, the NCVEC
noted
> >that the United Kingdom and Switzerland had already acted to end Morse
> >examinations; stated that the Morse exam continues to be a barrier to
> >"otherwise qualified individuals" who want to become hams; that it is a
> >burden to applicants and examiners alike, and that code proficiency
should
> >not be used to determine who may operate voice. It asked for the
immediate
> >elimination of the Element 1 (code) exam requirement for any class of
> >amateur license.
> >
> >The NCVEC petition also calls for the FCC to grant Novice HF privileges
to
> >current Technician Class licensees.
> >
> >The FCC has not yet given the proposal a rulemaking number, so it is not
> >yet possible to file comments. We will keep you posted when this occurs.
> >
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