They're Government employees, aren't they?  Some are OK like our friend 
Lloyd of course.

Howard #3
W A 9 Y B W

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Traxler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: FCC to Re-Instate Code Test


> Come on!  you can't believe this is real.  Look at the grammar in the
> announcement.  Any official message would not read like that--unless the 
> FCC
> is comprised of fourth graders--which it might be.
>
> 73, The Other Howard, WA9RYF
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Glen Schroeder" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2016 8:57 PM
> Subject: Re: FCC to Re-Instate Code Test
>
>
>> horse hockey
>>
>> glen  ka9yiu
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2016 1:30 PM
>> Subject: FCC to Re-Instate Code Test
>>
>>
>>> 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 


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