[CW] ARRL BOD Jan. 19-20, 2001

[David J. Ring, Jr.]

Lovers of CW:

Your attention is directed to this web page of the ARRL where the Board of
Directors (BOD) directs the following actions:

http://www.arrl.org/announce/board-0101/

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the ARRL Board of Directors recognizes
and accepts that suppression of the Morse code requirement in Article S25 is
likely to occur at WRC 2003; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that deletion of the requirement from Article S25 should
not automatically or immediately mean a similar removal of the Morse code
from Part 97 of the FCC rules; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that each administration should determine if Morse code is
retained as a testing element; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, it is the opinion of this Board at this time that Morse
code should be retained as a testing element in the U.S.; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Morse code is deserving of continued support as
an important operating mode including providing for the protection and
maintenance of sufficient spectrum in band planning; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that staff develop a program designed to promote the use
of Morse code; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution supersedes all previous statements of
policy related to suppression of the Morse code requirement in Article S25.

No subsequent action by the BOD or the Executive Committee of the ARRL has
been made on this subject according to a complete reading and a manual
search of the minutes of all later BOD and Executive meetings for the word
"morse".

73

David Ring, N1EA