Not "sour" at all.

But 8 countries (so far) is hardly "world wide".


hm, I see.... um, and you know the one and only
acceptable definition of "world wide" huh? I guess
i've missed where it's written that "world wide"
is composed of no less than 9 countries.

The fact is, it would only take two seperate nations
to call something "multinational" or "international".. so,
would it comfort you a little more if I were to have said
"internationally, code testing is being dropped"?

you'd also do well to make a case study of how many hams
are represented by the nations that are dropping it. Many
nations that aren't are composed of nations with fewer than
a dozen hams.... and a few that are run by dicators
(lybia) have 1 and only 1 ham operator.... guess who.....

Clint
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