[SADXA] Fwd: [AR902Mhz] FCC to Reinstate Morse Code Test

[Jim W]

Bienvenidos al Dia de los Tontos.

On 3/31/2016 10:13 PM, Richard Solomon wrote:
> FYI
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> *April 1, 2016*
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> *Washington, D.C. – April 1, 2016 – Today, the Federal Communications
> Commission (Commission or FCC) approved Report and Order 14-987af 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, 2016.*
>
> *“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 .*
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