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February 25th 04, 02:56 AM

(Len Over 21) wrote in message ...
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(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.

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 in Amateur Radio...And not in accordance with the Basis and
Purpose of Part 97.

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.

And this is relevent to Amateur radio...HOW...?!?!

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."

And this is relevent to Amateur Radio....HOW...?!?!

Nope...in the US of A radio amateurs aren't "real" hams until they
pass that archaic morse test...sez the "amateur community."

"Sez" the non-licensed federal bureaucrats that YOU have
correctly cited as being "in charge", Lennie.

Or have you again changed your position on this?

That's the LAW, and, by [expletive deleted], those olde-tyme
hamme raddio kopps are going to enforce it no matter what!

The "law" is written by and enforced by those non-licensed
federal bureaucrats, Lennie...Not "us".

And your swipe at Amateurs again noted..."I am only here to
civilly debate the Morse Code test issue"...From the "Anthology of
Newsgroup Rhetoric", by Leonard H. Anderson.

Steve, K4YZ