I thought the US got rid of code but Canada still had it?

I've got my Basic and Advanced qualification but like the OP I found morse
hard to sit and learn.
I admit I've let this hobby slip to the side, and so haven't been paying
attention to new regs....but if Canada doesn't have morse anymore...then
does my Advanced license push me in to all bands? As it is, my advanced
license is little different than the basic license, except I can tx over 1Kw
and work on transmitters ?...


"Vito" wrote in message
...
"Michael Sutton" wrote
"Doug Dotson" wrote
It is true that the code requirement is part of international treaty.

Not since the last (ITU?) convention just last year. It was dropped and
several countries (Japan & Canada?) quit code testing. The US FCC still
requires 5 wpm for General and Extra (ie, to use HF) but ARRL has
petitioned
FCC to drop it. Don't hold your breath - FCC is OK but is still an
American
bureaucracy so I'm sure anyone here can learn 5 wpm faster than it'll act
on
the petition.

So if you already have your code from Novice at 5wpm, .....

Volunteer Examiners will give you credit if you have proof you passed it -
eg if you have a Novice or a Tech license dated before the advent of
no-code
tech. In fact those who did code + novice written to become Novices, then
took the General written exam to become Techs can apply to get
grandfathered
to General.

BTW, my child bride heads a W5YI VE team that admin's tests every other
month in Fredricksburg VA. If some of you want to take an exam in VA's
No.Neck or Middle Peninsula area she could prolly help.

K3DWW

The US currently has 3 license classes. "Technician" provides all
privileges above 50 MHz and requires no code test. "General" and "Extra"
allow HF operations but require 5 WPM Morse Code.

I don't know about Canada.

"SB" wrote

I thought the US got rid of code but Canada still had it?

" I find the written and theory parts of
the Ham exam easy but code is an insurmountable obsticle for me.

There's no need for the code to be an insurmountable obstacle. Get a copy of
a PC-based Morse code tutor program (such as Morse Tutor Gold, or search the
web for Morse code tutoring software), and spend just thirty minutes a day
at it. In no time at all, you'll find that you can read the code at five
words per minute. Just give it a try and you'll be surprised.

Good luck,
Tom Dacon
AD7AE

Actually, there have been some studies done that do indicate
that morse code is an insurmountable obstacle for some.
Maybe a left brain vs right brain thing or something.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista

"Tom Dacon" wrote in message
...

" I find the written and theory parts of
the Ham exam easy but code is an insurmountable obsticle for me.

There's no need for the code to be an insurmountable obstacle. Get a copy
of
a PC-based Morse code tutor program (such as Morse Tutor Gold, or search
the
web for Morse code tutoring software), and spend just thirty minutes a day
at it. In no time at all, you'll find that you can read the code at five
words per minute. Just give it a try and you'll be surprised.

Good luck,
Tom Dacon
AD7AE

I passed the first and second level written tests easily on one night
and failed the code exam miserably on that night and one more. It's a
brain weakness of mine. Practiced for hours actually. Thanks all for
the replies. Stan

(Stan Winikoff) wrote in
om:

I passed the first and second level written tests easily on one night
and failed the code exam miserably on that night and one more. It's a
brain weakness of mine. Practiced for hours actually. Thanks all for
the replies. Stan


It's just your intelligent brain telling you, "What's this crap? Why do I
have to learn to ride a horse before I can fly an F-16?"

Shows you have upper-level intelligence. Lots of people have been excluded
from ham radio by this STUPID requirement. Thank God it's OVER!

73, Larry W4CSC

Some people are tone deaf, and others are visual learners and not auditory, and
some very talented and intelligent people were unable to learn 5 WPM morse even
after long and extensive work. Their brains are just not 'wired' that way.

You cannot extrapolate your learning experiences that way as what is easy or
moderately difficult for you may be near or totally impossible for others.

JJ

On Tue, 11 May 2004 09:52:01 -0700, "Tom Dacon" wrote:


" I find the written and theory parts of
the Ham exam easy but code is an insurmountable obsticle for me.

There's no need for the code to be an insurmountable obstacle. Get a copy of
a PC-based Morse code tutor program (such as Morse Tutor Gold, or search the
web for Morse code tutoring software), and spend just thirty minutes a day
at it. In no time at all, you'll find that you can read the code at five
words per minute. Just give it a try and you'll be surprised.

Good luck,
Tom Dacon
AD7AE


James Johnson
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If you ASK the Volunteer Examiner at the time of testing, they can and will
arrange for lights, bells or ANY other device to take the code test.

I had the same problem, but eventually passed the 13 wpm test.

The people administering the test will bend over backwards to help.

Leonard, KJ5DL
Advanced Class Accredited Volunteer Examiner (ARRL & W5YI-VEC)
"KJ5DL @ N34 38.253 W092 07.177"
"Do illiterate people get the full value of Alphabet Soup?"

And if you have a bonifide learning or physical disability,
you can get an exemption from the FCC. My experience has
been that most that cry foul about learnig code do so because
they failed to learn it after two or three evenings of trying. It
takes work, some more than others.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista

"LLongiii" wrote in message
...
If you ASK the Volunteer Examiner at the time of testing, they can and
will
arrange for lights, bells or ANY other device to take the code test.

I had the same problem, but eventually passed the 13 wpm test.

The people administering the test will bend over backwards to help.

Leonard, KJ5DL
Advanced Class Accredited Volunteer Examiner (ARRL & W5YI-VEC)
"KJ5DL @ N34 38.253 W092 07.177"
"Do illiterate people get the full value of Alphabet Soup?"

I beg to disagree. Every complaint I have heard focuses on the fact that
Morse Code is so obsolete that it has no practical value, not on its
difficulty per se. People who have spent 12 years attending high school then
four and more in college learning useful things are reluctant to spend even
a dozen hours learning something ase useless (to them) as Morse Code.


"Doug Dotson" wrote
..... My experience has been that most that cry foul about learnig code do
so because
they failed to learn it after two or three evenings of trying. It takes
work, some more than others.