In article , Dick Carroll
writes:

Dick Carroll wrote:

Then there is the very strong possibility, given the wording of FCC
documents and statements of staff,--

**wording which NCI members choose to interpret as stating intent to
totally do away with code testing, but which doesn't say that at all**

--that they may NOT drop element one at all, and instead grant
low band HF access to one or more of the current lower grades of license
which now have none. That's a totally justifiable position, the no-code
mantra aside.


Further, the fact has recently surfaced that the UK did exactly this
instead of completely dropping code testing, as was so widely
and loudly stated by NCI members.

It's just not mandatory anymore.

UK issues issue code-tested licenses, and the word is that a majority
of UK hams prefer to take those tests, and qualify as code-licensed hams
with a callsign issued that indicates that fact.

If they want to - but they don't have to.

Perhaps there's a possibility there - have code tests, but have them be
non-mandatory. Perhaps 1x2 calls could be reserved....

73 de Jim, N2EY