On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:51:10 -0500, "Leland C. Scott"
wrote:


The only thing is that by the time I can save up enough for a $1,500 HF
all band tranceiver, code will be gone anyway.

People have been saying that longer than I've been alive. That and the
US
finally joining the rest of the world in the third millennium by adopting
the metric system. Will either ever happen? Probably not while I'm
alive.


That is why I am not going to wait. My ham friends told me likely 2006. I
personally have no idea. But apparently most other countries are dropping
it,
and the IARU (I think), has requested it.

It has already been dropped by the ITU at the last WARC. The ITU left it up
to each individual country whether to keep the requirement or not.

But since the FCC is slow as **** in moving with these ideas,

Too bad they didn't with the BPL crap.

This might make you happy:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6645391/

Assuming the court sees this as a major monoploy, and orders competition, BPL
will be dead. I only see BPL moving forward because of the cable monopoly.

Powell will side with the cbale companies. If you do a search on this subject,
you can't help to think that he is in their pockets. There is no other excuse
for him to side with them. They control Washington, and most state politics. How
else can you explain me having a $100 cable bill with just HBO? Besides, I can't
get DSL, it is not available. So it's cable or dialup.

I will just go ahead and get it. I will not use ith
though.

Freedom of choice. That was one of the arguments being used get rid of the
Morse Code test requirement with the FCC; why test for something you're
never going to use. Of course the pro code people have points on their side
too. If you want more on this debate than your stomach can handle just
mention this topic on "rec.radio.amateur.policy" and see what happens!


I just got the ARRL tech Q and A. One step at a time.

Vinnie S.