i am not sure about other countries, but in canada there were 12
recommendations put forth to industry canada regarding not only the code
requirement but also changes in licensing and the pass mark for both basic
and advanced licenses.
They dropped the code requirement, and upped the minimum pass grade from 60
to 70 for both classes of licensing...and also kept in place the ability to
get hf privallages by passing the 5 word per minute cw test  just like
before, but not necessarily required anymore.
The recommendations concerneding the 2 new classes of licensing were not
acted upon yet and a few of the other reccomendations, such as the ability
of the holder of a basic license to construct and operate camercially
availible kits was permitted.
This last mostly to allow for the building of 2.3ghz equipment which is not
readily availible on the market yet.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: canadian regulation changes


> Do any of you think that if they drop code let's say they'll be something
> else they'll throw in there?  Also, how do other countrie's exams differ
> from the ones in the states?
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>
> On Sat, 30 Jul 2005, Colin McDonald wrote:
>
> > i think it will increase somewhat yes.  I know there are many many
people
> > who have been waiting for this particular announcement and are ready and
> > willing to get on the air.
> > It probably won't be a big increase right away, but in the next couple
of
> > years i guarantee there will be a fairly substantial increase in HF
> > operators popping up.   Especially if the US follows the rest of the
western
> > world and drops the cw requirement which i think is more then likely in
the
> > next year or so.
> >
> > 73
> > Colin, V A6BKX
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 4:53 AM
> > Subject: Re: canadian regulation changes
> >
> >
> > > Well, it looks as though we will all be making more hf contacts.
> > >
> > > 73 De Anthony w2ajv
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