[nrv-hams] Fwd:** FCC to reinstate Morse Code test ** FOR IMMEDIATERELEASE

[Larry W McCoy]

I figured it was April fools joke, but I would welcome it, Thanks Dotty 
Dasher.  Perhaps Carter's pet Ditzy would concur.  Funny Patrick.  Thanks
Larry
W4LWM

-----Original Message----- 
From: Patrick Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 8:54 PM
To: nrv-hams
Subject: [nrv-hams] Fwd:** FCC to reinstate Morse Code test ** FOR 
IMMEDIATERELEASE

Forwarded from a colleague in Michigan.

73s,
Patrick


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: W8TCM - Cherryland Amateur Radio Club <cherrylandarc at gmail.com>

** * FCC to reinstate Morse Code test *
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***VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE ***
FCC to reinstate Morse Code test
*April 1, 2015*

*Washington, D.C. – April 1, 2015 – Today, the Federal Communications
Commission (or FCC) approved Report and Order 14-987 which reinstates
the Morse Code test for General Class and Amateur Extra Class
licensees.
“It was a big mistake eliminating the Morse Code test,” admits Dotty
Dasher, the FCC’s director of examinations. “We now realize that being
able to send and receive Morse Code is an essential skill for radio
amateurs. As they say, it really does get through when other modes
can’t.”*
*Not only will new applicants have to take the test, but General Class
licensees who have never passed a code test will have one year to pass
a 5-wpm code test. Similarly, Amateur Extra class licensees that never
passed a code test will have one year to pass a 13-wpm test. Those
amateurs that fail to pass the test will face revocation of their
operating privileges. Materials for administering the examinations
will be distributed to Volunteer Examiner Coordinators by the end of
April, so that they can begin the testing on May 1, 2015.
Moreover, any Extra Class amateur who does not improve his/her code
speed to 20 wpm during that one year period will have his/her license
revoked--and cannot reapply for another license for 5 calendar years.*
*“This isn’t going to be one of those silly multiple-choice type
tests,” noted Dasher. “We’re going to be sending five-character random
code groups, just like we did in the old days. And, applicants will
have to prove that they can send, too, using a poorly adjusted
straight key.”*
*Technician Class licensees will not be required to take a Morse Code
test, nor will a test be required for new applicants. “We discussed
it,” said Dasher, “but decided that since most Techs can’t even figure
out how to program their HTs, requiring them to learn Morse Code
seemed like cruel and unusual punishment.”
*When asked what other actions we might see from the FCC, Dasher
hinted that in the future applicants taking the written exam may be
required to draw circuit diagrams, such as Colpitts oscillators and
diode ring mixers, once again. “We’re beginning to think that if an
applicant passes an amateur radio license exam it should mean that he
or she actually knows something,” she said.*
*For further information, contact James X. Shorts, Assistant Liaison
to the Deputy Chief of Public Relations for the FCC .*
Note: One report confirmed that a lobbyist, Mr. R. F. Burns, had a
great deal to do with enacting this bold move.

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Happy April Fools' Day,
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