[HCRA] Elimination of ITU Mandatory CW Requirement

[Steve Rodowicz]

I presume that the FCC will do something similar

Steve - N1SR


The Mandatory International Morse Requirement is to Cease

The mandatory international Morse requirement for access to the HF bands is 
to cease. Colin Thomas, G3PSM, an advisor to the UK delegation to the ITU 
World Radiocommunication Conference, reported on Monday the 30th of June 
that the mandatory Morse code requirement for HF access would disappear at 
the end of the conference. However, if any administration feels that it 
needs to keep the requirement, it has the right to do so. Here in the UK, 
the Radiocommunications Agency has already stated that it will bring in 
code-free HF licences as soon as practical to do so. An announcement will 
be made on GB2RS and on the RSGB website when Full and Intermediate Class B 
amateurs can start using the HF bands.



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