4 JUL, 2003 - 1245 CDT Just to put a little perspective on Morse Code requirements... Jim, in his comments at the ARRL Meet Your Leaders Forum at HamComm said there was no Morse Code requirement when Hiram P. Maxwell was licensed. If Morse Code proficiency was not necessary for licensing our patron saint and all the other very early hams, why should it be continued as a requirement now? 73 - Dick, W9GIG