[Lowfer] Alternate Morse code test

[Ed Phillips]

Lyle Koehler wrote:
> 
> The Morse code test was an international treaty requirement for amateurs
> operating below 30 MHz. This requirement was dropped, effective July 5th of
> this year, at the World Radio Conference. Switzerland immediately dropped
> the code test for its hams, and Great Britain followed suit on July 25th. It
> will take longer in the US, because of the rule-making procedures the FCC
> must follow, but I expect that it will happen eventually.
> 
> Lyle, K0LR

	The world is dumbing down at an ever--increasing rate!!!  I've always
figured you get out of something what you put into it but that's no
longer true.  I suspect that the only reason this change may not screw
us up too much is that people would rather play video games and watch
porno than talk to others on the radio.  

Ed

P.S. Wayne Green and the guys who sell stuff to appliance operators will
applaud this decision no doubt.