So far the UK, Netherlands and several other countries have done
exactly that. Once all code testing is ended by the FCC will you
accept that action as supporting the FCC position that
morse isn't needed to be a "fully qualified ham?"

I hear belgium just got rid of it's last CW testing, in another
newsgroup.

Additionally, I don't recall anywhere seeing any FCC reference
to the concept of a "fully qualified ham". Is that a new license
class?

Neither have I... I already posted a remark to that effect, too...
....that is, has the FCC been "lieing" when it passed out many
test certificates giving an operator his licence class and thus
frequency priviledges? have they been saying "um, you can
talk on the radio, but you're really not qualified to do it"?


In fact, the
retired Chief of the Amateur and Citizen's Division of FCC (now called
something
else) stated in his comments on the NCVEC pettion

snip PCTA dribble

Does he speak for the FCC today?

BINGO!


And it should be obvious, to anyone who actually owns and uses a thought
process
- when Morse code is a widely-used mode within ham radio, *anyone* who
can't use
it simply and factually *cannot* be a fully qualified ham - No matter
what
license or privileges the FCC gives them.

What a crock.

EXACTLY.... he's inserting his "oppinion" for "fact".



And YOU will have to live with the decisions THEY
make.


Which can't change facts. Facts are immutable. Live with it. Any ham
not
able
to operate CW is simply and factually not fully qualified.

Your Opinion yes, a fact? Not at all. And that's an opinion
I'm entitled to.

Cheers as always,
Bill K2UNK



Yet another voice of reason. And there are more of them out there
on this side of the argument than the PCTA's.

Clint
KB5ZHT