No doubt that piece of human debris known as W5YI is involved....and the ARRL.
The answer to your question, Jay, is hell in a handbasket.
On 30 Jul 2003 at 16:12, Jay Pryor wrote:
> 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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Lee Hiers, AA4GA
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