Amanda, you should have hear my wife yippie when I sent her this email.
She did pass her code the old faster way. she was also properly bummed
when she figured it was a spoof. It was fun listening to her screech on
the phone however. 73's. kd7jn
Thank you!
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International Press, Washington, DC.
Today, in an unprecedented move, the Federal Communications Commission
issued an emergency reinstatement of Morse code requirements for all
amateur
and commercial radio licenses. In addition, the amateur radio license
structure has been reverted to 1985 standards. All codeless amateur
and
commercial licenses have been placed on a "conditional 30 day
temporary
permit" and all such license holders will have to pass an appropriate
Morse
code test by May 1, 2006 or face permanent revocation of their
licenses.
All American registered commercial vessels are now required to have a
crewman onboard that can copy Morse code at 13 WPM or they will be
denied
port clearance. A temporary provision has been made in the FCC
regulations
that will allow amateur radio operators that completed FCC
administered
Morse code tests prior to the implementation of the VEC program to meet
this
requirement. This generated such a demand for licensed amateur radio
operators that the pay scale quickly escalated to $1000 per day for
such
services. In a bidding war, many major shipping companies have
provided
generous expense accounts, luxury accommodations on vessels,
sponsorship of
DX-peditions and immediate long term pension benefits.
In a related issue, this action has caused a significant shortage of
Morse
code keys, and surplus military J-38 keys that sold for a dollar each
after
WW II are now fetching upwards of $300 each on ebay, regardless of
condition.
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