Len Over 21 wrote:
In article ,
(William) writes:
Gotta love this logic. You get to fly an airplane solo several times
before you can get a pilots license, but can't get on HF without first
taking a morse code test and getting a license.
So, there are a lot of things you must do first before you can solo in
an aircraft, like learning how to land, takeoff, read sectional maps,
navigate using landmarks, use the VOR for navigation, how to operate the
radio and communicate with traffic control using proper procedures ect.,
ect., and prove to the instructor you can do all this and be safe in the
aircraft by yourself. It is a lot more than learning simple Morse code.
And by the way, you must be familier enough with Morse code to be able
to look at the sectional map and interperate dots and dashes so you can
identify VOR's, as the id is sent in code. Them are the rules...don't
like it? then don't get a pilots license or ham license. Until the rules
change, those are the requirements to meet, like it or not.
ONLY in the "amateur service," Brian.
Way back in 1958 any U.S. civilian could get on HF without any
code test or ANY other test. :-) Been that way ever since.
Not on the ham bands.
SGC's SG-2020 HF transceiver is sold to private boat owners who
don't have to take any morse test to operate it legally on HF. Not
even if they buy power amplifiers to boost 20 W output to 400 W.
But not for operation on the ham bands. Different service, different set
of rules.
Many, many, many government and military personnel operate on
HF quite legally every day without having to take any morse test
to "prove their technical ability" to be a "skilled radio operator."
But not on the ham bands, different service, different set of requirements.
Nope...in the US of A radio amateurs aren't "real" hams until they
pass that archaic morse test...sez the "amateur community."
Yep, until the rules change, to get a license for HF operation you must
pass the code test. You claim you have no interest in getting a ham
license so it shouldn't matter a whit to you, so what's your beef old
man? Oh, I know, you can't pass the test.
That's the LAW, and, by [expletive deleted], those olde-tyme
hamme raddio kopps are going to enforce it no matter what!
No, the olde-type hamme raddio kopps don't enforce anything, the FCC
does and until the FCC changes the rules, it is the law. Even if the
code test requirement is dropped you still won't be able to get a ham
license because you can't pass the test, even as simple as it is today.