Michael:

I can guarantee you, those "regulations" have been broken since they were
enacted...

.... and logic suggests, how would they ever prove that the transmitter was
built by a novice, and not an advanced who then gifted him the transmitter?

That is the real problem, regulatory fools never get a clue, take themselves
far too seriously and end up being a form of comedy more hilarious than the
three stooges...

John

"Michael Black" wrote in message
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"KXHB" ) writes:
Per Canada Gazette notice DGRB-003-05 22 July 2005, Industry Canada has
adopted
elements of the RAC "Proposal on Morse Code and Related Matters" and has
removed
the mandatory requirement for the Morse Qualification for access to the HF
bands
below 30 MHz.


The RAC site dates it July 30th and if that's not a typo, then one has
to wait till Saturday to make use of these changes. So prompt it is now.
When I was a kid and they dropped the requirement that you be over 15 to
get a ham license, the announcement came in December, but it didn't go
into effect till the end of April.

I'd actually consider another part of the bulletin maybe more significant:
Holders of only the BASIC Qualification may now construct, install
and operate transmitters from kits that have been commercially
designed and packaged. BASIC-only holders still are not authorized to
modify or install and operate modified commercially manufactured
equipment.
It's not a return to complete building, but it's far better than the
previous restriction. (When things were restructured back in 1990,
BASIC holders could not build any transmitters, you had to have the
advanced license.)

Now there's even less difference between the two licenses. If you want
a full kilowatt you need the advanced license, and if you want to control
a repeater you need the advanced license, and if you want to build a
transmitter from scratch you need the advanced license.

Michael VE2BVW