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Ham Radio Licenses
"Doug Dotson" wrote in message ...
It is true that the code requirement is part of international treaty. There is no such thing as a Novice license anymore. That was done when the reorganization took place a few years back. Licenses a Technician (no code), General (5WPM code) and Extra (5 WPM code). General and Extra only have a 5wpm code requirement now? jeez. It used to be 13wpm and 20 wpm I think for those licenses. Incidentally, there are still people who have the novice license, so there still is one, but the FCC doesn't issue them anymore. The Tech(no code) is the entry license now. But if you were a Novice and you upgrade to the Tech, then you become a Tech(code), which is basically Tech voice frequencies + the novice code frequencies. right? So if you already have your code from Novice at 5wpm, do you have to re-take the code test to upgrade to General or do you just take a written test? -mike Most folks can get past the 5WPM code test with some effort. Last I heard, the issues of eliminating the code is on the agenda for the next ITU meeting, but not sure when that is. They only meet every ten years or something like that. SOmebody else was asking me about this recently. They thought they had heard that the code was now eliminated. I'll check it out. Doug, k3qt s/v Callista "Stan Winikoff" wrote in message om... I have been told that the Morse Code requirement for a Ham license is required by international treaty. Others have said the requirement will soon go by the wayside. I find the written and theory parts of the Ham exam easy but code is an insurmountable obsticle for me. Any chance that code will be dropped soon as a requirement for anything more than a Novice license. |
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