On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 03:01:27 GMT, erniegalts
wrote:

On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:30:33 -0400, Bob Brock
wrote:

On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 22:13:23 GMT, erniegalts
wrote:

On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 04:07:28 -0400, Bob Brock
wrote:

On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 07:51:40 GMT, erniegalts
wrote:

On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 06:54:36 GMT, Hagbard Celine
wrote:

Bob Brock wrote:

General Class license still requires a Morse Code test. Morse has not
been "wiped." It has however, been lowered for the two higher class
licenses from 13 and 20 wpm to 5 wpm for both licenses. Morse is not
required for the Technician license which give full priviliges on
VHF/UHF.

So, once again ernie, you are wrong.

Not required here for some years now, at least for what you are
calling a "Technician license" which covers 2 metres and is useful for
communication in that band.

Are you going to call me wrong on this issue???

Please advise.

Which issue do you want me to call you wrong on ernie? The first
piece of inaccurate information that you posted of this metamorphisis
of it?

On your initial statement, yes you were wrong. In case you forgot
this was your initial statement...

"Not difficult to get an amateur license these days now that the code
requirement has been wiped. Anyone who knows a bit about radio should
be able to study the regs and pass an exam allowing VHF operation on 2
metres, and the "general class" [ or "full call" ] exam is not that
much harder."


Don't know the siatuation there, Brock, but the requirement has been
wiped here

So, you are telling the guy in the NE US to move to Oz to get his
license? BTW, that news article was only a month ago. Does the
government in Oz move that fast? I don't think so....

Dunno if they have or not, haven't bothered to check. The issue is
that you have accused me of being in error, and I have proved you
wrong.

No you haven't ernie. Morse Code is still required for amatuer HF in
the US where he lived.

You cannot logically blame me if you refuse to keep up with current
news on such issues, and this was more than a month ago.

Perhaps you don't belong to the ARRL, or perhaps they haven't
mentioned this issue?

Or perhaps since neither he nor I live in Oz, I simply don't care
ernie. You are so binary in your thinking.