"Steve Silverwood" wrote in message
...
In article , says...
...is simply this:

Know code = Know ham
No code = No ham

The eternal truth, proven every day.

I have a feeling that this issue about the code will never be resolved,
at least not while the "old guard" of CW loyalists are still around.

The issue has been resolved internationally in July of
this year. There is NO code requirement necessary
anymore to stay compliant with international treaty
agreements.

Since July '03, a number of countries, including Great Britain,
Netherlands, Belgium and others have already ended
or announced an end date for morse testing in their
contry's requirments.

At some point the FCC will drop all code testing
also. The direction is clear, the path has been taken,
there's no turning back. The FCC provided every
opportunity to pro-code advocates to argue their
case and the pro-coders failed to convince the FCC
as to there being any need (other than the ITU treaty
at the time) for code testing at all.

The only thing at issue will be how soon?

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK