Hi

It seems they should crank it up to 30 wmp. To bad its a humor email.

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> On Apr 2, 2016, at 2:20 PM, Pat Byrne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> But that it were!
> Pat, K9JAUAt 01:30 PM 4/2/2016, you wrote:
>> BlankI received this yesterday from our local club.
>> 
>> Steve, K8SP
>> 
>> FCC to Reinstate Morse Code Test
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> April 1, 2016
>> 
>> 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
>> Dot N. 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
>> 
>> 
>> "A person cannot survive as a true Spartan fan unless he is a bit of 
>> a masochist
>> and a very large optimist."
>> 
>> Steve
>> Lansing, MI