[Elecraft] Morse test elimination

[VR2BrettGraham]

N8OHU added:

>I'd rather say it's the "fault" of the ITU, if you want the truth. They were
>the ones to let the code go back in 2003.

Not quite - the ITU does what its members decide.

And the end of Morse as licensing requirement
probably started with the JA no-code license -
the first ITU member that "found" a way to get
around the requirement.

The amateur population in JA is now contracting,
but the effect of their no-code license was quite
positive on amateur radio in Japan when it was
introduced.

The effect that had on equipment suppliers is
still obvious today.  I wonder what things would
be like now if there was no Incentive Licensing, or
if international opinion would have allowed dropping
the Morse requirement around that time? ;^)

73, VR2BrettGraham