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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. erniegalts http://www.arrl.org/pio/hamlic.html He's also in Australia, which, to my knowledge, isn't governed by the US FCC. I got my Tech license recently, and plan on taking SKYWARN classes in the spring. The blackout has made me decide to accelerate my purchase plans for a mobile radio. Handhelds are more portable, but max out at 5w of transmit power, where most mobiles are 50-55w. In a life-and-death emergency, anyone is authorized to transmit on any frequency or any band to try to get help, even if they don't have a ham license at all. |
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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." |
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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." WRC 03 removed the international Morse requirement, If you need to do morse in the US that's the FCC's fault. In the UK there's no Morse. |
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Bob Brock wrote:
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." The code requirement for the Technician class license was removed a long time ago. Ernie was right. Take your head out of your ass. |
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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 Wireless Institute of Australia - WIA Victoria Morse code watch updated July 10 2003 Morse code requirement ends - Morse code watch closes It is official! The ITU at the World Radiocommunications Conference has removed Morse code as a mandatory requirement for amateur licences below 30MHz - effective 5 July, 2003. Radio administrations around the world that previously supported the removal of the code requirement are now moving towards implementing the ITU decision. Demonstration of code proficiency is no longer an internationally required qualification for an amateur licence though a radio administration may still require it. Some radio administrations are expected to take virtually no time to end code tests, or maybe a few months, while the bureaucratic processes elsewhere may take longer. More at: http://www.wiavic.org.au/mcw/ erniegalts |
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