FCC eliminates Morse Code requirement for amateur radio licenses!

[thewayne]

Six years ago they reduced the code requirement to 5 words per minute and streamlined the number of license classes down to three. On Friday, they eliminated the code requirement entirely. The cool thing about this is it automatically grants me high-frequency privileges to do voice on world bands.


http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-269012A1.pdf

Comments

[silveradept]

Well, I have a standing offer - one of the gentlemen from my father's amateur radio club has said that if I get a license, he'll get me a radio. I'm still not entirely convinced I have a good reason to get one, though - I really don't think I'll be using it a whole lot, even if I did get it.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I'm not using mine a lot right now, I just have a hand-held FM transceiver. There's a guy in Las Cruces who makes little Morse transmitters that fit in Altoids tins, I would really like to use one of 'em.

[silveradept]

That's neat. I can see that coming in handy here and there, if you really need it. I've seen others who like to try and fit radios into ham tins. I think at least some of them succeed.