Has NCI
 

Issued there new De-Coder rings yet?

Those will ship with the new Yeasucobra 2000.

It's a special package worked out between Yeasu, Cobra, Super America Truck
Stops, and NCI®.

They are teaming up to offer a new Super HF'er rig that fits nicely into any
truck or table top. Covers the entire Ham Radio band, 11 through 160 meters.

The first 1000 units ship with a nice autographed picture of Carl, the guru
of modern day Ham Radio.

I can hardly wait!

10-73 y'all!

"WA8ULX" wrote in message
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Issued there new De-Coder rings yet?

Why bother? DICK sends code so poorly that it cannot be copied.


Thats not the CODE I was talking about.

hmmm..
a little sour over your precious CW testing being
discontinued, world-wide?

Clint
KB5ZHT

In article , "Clint"
rattlehead@computronDOTnet writes:

hmmm..
a little sour over your precious CW testing being
discontinued, world-wide?

Not "sour" at all.

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

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It will be really interesting to see what happens to ham radio in countries
where code testing is totally eliminated.

Will there be big increases in growth (i.e., lots of new hams)?

Will there be lots of new technology brought to the ARS by new hams for whom
the code test was a "barrier"?

Time will tell.

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
KB5ZHT

"N2EY" wrote in message
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In article , "Clint"
rattlehead@computronDOTnet writes:

hmmm..
a little sour over your precious CW testing being
discontinued, world-wide?

Not "sour" at all.

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

For what its worth...here's the IARU policy direction:

NEWS RELEASE
International Amateur Radio Union
P.O. Box 310905
Newington, CT 06131-0905 USA
FAX: +1 860 594 0259
E-Mail:
12 September 2003

For immediate release

IARU Council Addresses Strategic Issues
The Administrative Council of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)
held
its annual meeting on 6-8 September 2003 in Amsterdam. The meeting was to be
held in Taipei in conjunction with the IARU Region 3 Conference but was
moved to
Amsterdam when the Region 3 Conference had to be postponed to next year as a
result of travel restrictions arising from concerns about SARS. The Council
took
the following actions:

1. Four hours of the meeting were devoted to a strategic planning session
with a
planning horizon of the year 2010. Several key issues that are likely to
influence the future of the IARU were identified. A report is to be drafted
and
circulated for further consideration by the Council early in 2004.

2. The results of the 2003 World Radiocommunication Conference concerning
the
amateur and amateur-satellite services were reviewed in detail. The Council
congratulated and thanked all individuals and organizations who contributed
to
the satisfactory outcome. IARU member-societies were urged to bring to the
attention of their administrations the desirability of adopting specific
changes
in their domestic regulations for the amateur and amateur-satellite
services, so
that they will be consistent with the revised Article 25 of the
international
Radio Regulations.

3. The Council revised an existing Resolution concerning the Morse code in
the
light of the WRC-03 decision to leave to each administration the question of
whether or not to require a demonstration of Morse skill to operate below 30
MHz. Under the revised Resolution, IARU policy is to support the removal of
Morse code testing requirements.

(SNIP)

Attending the Amsterdam meeting were IARU President Larry Price, W4RA; Vice
President David Wardlaw, VK3ADW; Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ; regional
representatives Ole Garpestad, LA2RR, Don Beattie, G3BJ, Hans Blondeel
Timmerman, PB2T, Pedro Seidemann, YV5BPG, Rod Stafford, W6ROD, Tim Ellam,
VE6SH,
Fred Johnson, ZL2AMJ, K. C. Selvadurai, 9V1UV, and Yoshiji Sekido, JJ1OEY;
and
recording secretary Paul Rinaldo, W4RI.

Additionally:

IARU Says "Remove Code", Excerpted from ARRL Letter

"The focus was on the future when the International Amateur Radio Union
Administrative Council met September 6-7 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

In the aftermath of WRC-03, the council urged IARU member-societies to call
to
the attention of their administrations "the desirability of adopting
specific
changes in their domestic regulations for the amateur and amateur-satellite
services, so that they will be consistent with the revised Article 25 of the
international Radio Regulations." In that vein, the IARU governing body
called
for the removal of Morse code as an examination requirement to operate on
HF.
The council reiterated its stance first taken in 2001 that Morse code
proficiency "as a qualifying criterion for an HF amateur license is no
longer
relevant to the healthy future of amateur Radio."

"IARU policy is to support the removal of Morse code testing as a
requirement
for an amateur license to operate on frequencies below 30 MHz," the IARU
Administrative Council resolved. At the same time, the council's resolution
recognized Morse code as "an effective and efficient mode of communication
used
by many thousands of radio amateurs." It also took into account
ITU-Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) Recommendation M.1544, which sets down
the
minimum qualifications of radio amateurs.

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"Dick Carroll" wrote in message
...


Bill Sohl wrote:

"IARU policy is to support the removal of Morse code testing as a
requirement
for an amateur license to operate on frequencies below 30 MHz," the IARU
Administrative Council resolved.

So read it Bill-- that means they support *an* amateur radio license
allowing HF
operation without code, NOT the removal of all code testing.

If that's what you think it sez...dream on.

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK