"lk" wrote in message
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Good point Jon. As I said when I tabulated the WT Docket 98-143 comments,
the amateur radio community is more or less divide on the Morse code exam
issue.

Of course that was 5 years ago. Convential wisdom has it that, if anything,
the shift over time would result in less support for code testing today than
then.

The issue can not be decide consensus or polls.

The FCC was pretty clear in their assessment as stated in
the R&O. No reason for code testing other than the
former treaty.

Commission will
dispose of this issue in due course. There is no good reason for the ARRL
to waste any more funds on the Morse code matter. At WRC 2003 not one
radio
administration spoke in favor of retaining the mandatory international
Morse
code requirement.

Agreed.

The ARRL did a lot of good work in getting a an agreement of the
realigment
of 40 meters.

Agree also.

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK