[TenTec] ITU amd CW Testing Proposal

[Jim Reid]

Well,  Happy Holidays and anticipations for the
future for those wishing that CW testing for
amateurs would go away:

>From the British magazine,"Morsum Magnificat"
 Nov. 1999

"The Administrative Council of the International Amateur 
Radio Union has agreed  to wording of proposed changes 
to the ITU Radio Regulations which govern amateur radio 
internationally. The proposed changes, suggested by the Radio 
Society of Great Britain at the IARU Region 1 Conference 
in September, will be  submitted to the ITU-R Working Party 
in time for adoption before the particular  World Radio 
Conference which will review these regulations. The 
Administrative  Council has noted the possibility that this 
"could be as early as WRC 2003". In  relation to the Amateur 
Morse test, the effect will be to give national  administrations 
discretion to include or not include knowledge of the Morse 
code as a requirement for the issue of an amateur radio 
license for H.F.  operation." 

However,  CW will continue as a favorite mode of amateur
operation for many;  we must hope the SSB mode will 
continue to be limited to certain sectors of the HF bands,  
and not expanded to cover the entire band allocations
below 30 mHz.

73,  Jim,  KH7M



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