"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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Bill Sohl wrote:

Do you really think the FCC has or will have a change of opinion...
especially in light of the entire international community endorsing
the end of mandatory code testing as an ITU requirement?

Well, I wouldn't condider it a lock. The FCC was recently spanked by
both the Supremes and the Senate. They may be reluctant to send anything
new along for a while.
In addition, the US has shown a reluctance to go along with what the
rest of the world is thinking.

The US already endorsed ending mandatory morse when we voted to
do so at the WRC confernece. Seems pretty self evident
to me.

Finally, we haven't ratified all that many treaties lately have we?

We don't have to ratify the treaty at all. The OLD treaty is
dead and buried...there is, as of 7/5/03, no ITU mandated
morse requirement even if the USA never ratifies the new
treaty.

So while it might happen, I'm not going to do any betting on it.

It will happen, the only thing at issue is the timing.

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK