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February 17th 05, 03:37 AM

wrote in news:1108606123.450223.319640
@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:

wrote:
Alun L. Palmer wrote:
Yes, South Africa has abolished the code test! One more domino has
fallen.

How many countries does that make now, compared to those who still
have it?

A tiny fraction of the number of countries which are members of the UN
and/or the ITU.

About 10% as a matter of fact. A minority, but not quite my idea of a
'tiny' fraction. The point is, of course, that we are far from done yet.
Canada may be next.

Note that most of the countries on Alun's list are
chunks of Old Europe and their syncophants where socialist gummint
giveaways are rampant compared with the rest of the world.

So you prefer totalitarian regimes instead?

Nor does it include heavy hitters like the countries of the former
Soviet bloc, Brazil, India and China.

Those countries have large populations, but they don't they have the
highest numbers of hams per head.

Gonna be a LOOONG time before the last code test disappears . .

73 de Jim, N2EY

w3rv

I'm sure it will be a great comfort to you if the Russian Federation is the
last to keep a code test. They are not my idea of anyone I would want to
emulate, however.

n3kip