Mike Coslo wrote:
an_old_friend wrote:
Mike Coslo wrote:

Bill Sohl wrote:

cuting

then you need to read some the treaty requirements, the same treaty
that has been the only keeping code testing the ARS for a couple of
decades

Didn't we cover this before somewhere? There is a long history of
dancing around the treaty requirements. Like medical waivers for
starters....

nope you are simply in error. The waivers (only for speeds above 5wpm)
needed no dance

the old lang required only that Ham be tested for morse code, no speed
was required, indeed we could if were dancing around the Treaty have
said ok all Hams will tested we send every one of them a "." and if
they answer that was E the requirement would have been met

the higher speed tests were all the ARRL's idea, and they sold it to
the FCC

My notion of a book like "Now You're Talking!", and a signed affidavit
by the prospective Ham could serve quite well for the "test" process.

feel free to propose it and watch it get shot down.

but if you truely believe that is all that should be required then you
should be proposing it otherwise you are just blowing smoke


- Mike KB3EIA -