On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 08:13:22 -0800, Ralph E Lindberg wrote:

From the above, has there been a change in the CW requirement for
field staff? I know when I was offered a Field Engineer job they were
happy I would not have to study CW (I turned it down, the idea of paying
my moving and transfer expenses rankled me)

AFAIK the "technical agents" (used to be called engineers or
technicians) still have to qualify at a minimum of 20 wpm text and
16 wpm code groups. The non-technical agents (used to be called
Public Contact Specialists) and the clerical staff do not have to
be code-qualified although I know several who are code-qualified
from being licensed ham operators or once were monitoring station
technicians.

As far as relocation - when I hired on in 1967 they paid my
transportation and moving expenses cross-country. It may have
changed by the time that you were contacted.

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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane