"Vinnie S." wrote in message
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 19:28:58 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:

The only thing is that by the time I can save up enough for a $1,500 HF
all band tranceiver, code will be gone anyway.

People have been saying that longer than I've been alive. That and the
US
finally joining the rest of the world in the third millennium by adopting
the metric system. Will either ever happen? Probably not while I'm
alive.


That is why I am not going to wait. My ham friends told me likely 2006. I
personally have no idea. But apparently most other countries are dropping
it,
and the IARU (I think), has requested it.

It has already been dropped by the ITU at the last WARC. The ITU left it up
to each individual country whether to keep the requirement or not.

But since the FCC is slow as **** in moving with these ideas,

Too bad they didn't with the BPL crap.

I will just go ahead and get it. I will not use ith
though.

Freedom of choice. That was one of the arguments being used get rid of the
Morse Code test requirement with the FCC; why test for something you're
never going to use. Of course the pro code people have points on their side
too. If you want more on this debate than your stomach can handle just
mention this topic on "rec.radio.amateur.policy" and see what happens!


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