Sadly, they seem to have use the number of petitions they received on the morse code requirement as the measure of where the sentiments of most amateur licensees lie. It amounts to the old system of weighing the stacks of paper and selecting the one with the highest weight. -- Andy Oppel, N6AJO At 01:44 PM 7/20/2005, you wrote:

It is important but not pleasing.

I just got off the phone with Dave and Chris. Chris is still sorting it out but it appears all the Commission is proposing is to eliminate the Morse requirement and nothing else.

Obviously, this is unacceptable as far as not giving any attention to restructuring.

More as this develops.

73 Joel W5ZN

-----Original Message----- From: Tom Frenaye [mailto:frenaye@pcnet.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 3:29 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:12730] FCC: CW requirement to be dropped

Haven't read this yet but it looks important... -- Tom

7/20/05 FCC Daily Digest

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AMENDMENT OF PART 97 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES TO IMPLEMENT WRC-03 REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATOR LICENSES IN THE AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE. Revised the amateur service rules to elimnate the telegraphy testing requirement. Seek comment on these proposed rule changes. Rule changes proposed by some petitioners are unnecessary, or being considered in the Phone Band Expansion NPRM. by Order. (Dkt No. 05-235). Action by: the Commission. Adopted: 07/15/2005 by NPRM. (FCC No. 05-143). WTB <http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-143A1.doc> <http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-143A1.pdf> <http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-143A1.txt>

===== e-mail: k1ki@arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444