"Alun L. Palmer" wrote in message
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Making a requirement optional is indistinguishable from abolishing it.
It's
just a different form of words used to keep some countries happy.
Abolishing the requirement would have meant that all countries would have
had to drop code testing. That is not what the ITU did.
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I think they have beleived that since the '70s, but have hung onto the
code
test under pressure from some hams, including the League. The question is
not whether their minds have changed (I beleive they haven't) but whether
they beleive they can get rid of the pesky code test without upsetting too
many hams. At this point in time I think they can, but it depends on one's
definition of 'too many'.
In what ways is the code test a nuisance to the FCC?
Dee D. Flint, N8UZE