"D. Stussy" wrote in message
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On Sat, 5 Jul 2003, N2EY wrote:
In article , "Bill Sohl"
writes:

"Steve Robeson, K4CAP" wrote in message
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Alun Palmer wrote in message
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Yes it's true. The final report of WRC 2003 is he-

http://www.iaru.org/rel030703.html

Easy there fellas...The TREATY requirement may be negated, but
we
are still under FCC regulation...let's give them a day or two to
see
how they are going to handle this.
Steve, K4YZ

No one said otherwise.

Actually, didn't the FCC say back in 2000 that the ONLY reason they kept a
code
element in the requirements was the International Treaty requirement,
which has
now disappeared?

That's how most of us read the R&O.

Look at the thread title, Bill. "CW Requirement Abolished" - not "Treaty
No
Longer Requires Code Test" or "S25.5 Revised" or anything like that. The
casual
observer would think the code test is gone. Not yet,

Clearly the issue of code testing now becomes
a country by country decision.

Only once the new treaty is accepted by the various countries.

There is no global vote of acceptance. It is NOW a country
by country decision. Some countries probably have no formal
ratification at all and simply accept the new treaty as of 7/5/03.

The USA goes through a "ratification" of the treaty which takes
some time...but it will be ratified because to not ratify leaves
the USA totally out of the agreement. If the USA didn't
ratify the new treaty, the old treaty isn't "resurrected", but
rather the USA would simply not be a party to the treaty
at all.

Simple: Congress ratifies it and the next day, the FCC creates the "no
code
extra."

Works for me.

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK