[Hallicrafters] Thank You to all that have responded.

[Glen Zook]

The restriction of operating on frequencies below 30
MHz requiring the knowledge of the International Morse
code was only for amateur radio operators.  The Class
"D" Citizen's Radio Service is a land mobile service
which has never required any proficiency of any type
to be shown by the licensee.  However, back then
anyone who did any service work on the equipment did
have to posess at least a 2nd Class Radiotelephone
Operator's License.  This also did not require any
knowledge of the International Morse code.

Land mobile was/is a definite class of stations that
are allowed by international treaty.  There have been
allocations well below 30 MHz for land mobile service
world-wide since at least shortly after World War II. 
There are still various land mobile operations in the
United States as low as 25 MHz, and many other
operations below 30 MHz that did not require any
knowledge of the International Morse code (for
example, the AM broadcast band!).

Glen, K9STH


--- "Oliver J. Dragon" <spress at rcn.com> wrote:

2. It was my understanding that the U.S. was signatory
to an international agreement that a technical
proficiency test, including sending/receiving morse
code was required for any operation below 30mc. (Maybe
this was part of the Communications Act of 1934?) If
true, I don't understand how CB was granted 11 meters
in the first place.

=====
Glen, K9STH

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