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FCC Ponders Removing Morse Code Reqs for Amateur Radio Licenses

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the dot-dot-dash dept.

Nalez writes "This story on the ARRL website outlines six petitions currently in front of the FCC to drop the Morse code requirement for the amateur radio license exams. Currently the ability to do Morse code at 5 words per minute is required to operate on the high frequency bands (below 30Mhz), which are the bands that propagate best around the world." While this may or may not attract more people to ham radio, it will make it easier for the novice to use packet radio devices.

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  1. Oh no! by TheGreek · · Score: 5, Funny

    dah dah dah dit dit dit dit dah dit dah dah dah

  2. About Time by swordboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've been tunneling all my morse code over SSH...

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    1. Re:About Time by spoonist · · Score: 4, Funny
      I've been tunneling all my morse code over SSH...

      Morse over SSH? Big deal. I've been tunneling SSH over morse code for years now!!

      And let me tell you, running vi over SSH over morse code REALLY sucks.

  3. morse code? by Comsn · · Score: 5, Funny

    whats morse code?

    isint that what they used to stop the aliens in Independance Day?

  4. morse code will always be important! by fermion · · Score: 5, Funny

    We know that even in the distant future, one's survival may depend on embedding a morse coded message in the warp signature or scanning frequency!

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  5. In order to conserve space... by Styx · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... the FCC is considering a move from using . and - as morse code notation, to using . and /

    ///...///

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    /Styx
  6. Re:Morse code dropped only because its a RACIST! by quonsar · · Score: 4, Funny
    few blacks (and many whites) pass the Morse test

    shee-it. cw gots rhythm, honky.

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  7. One Button by brakk · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's so user friendly it only has one button, and we push that before it leaves the factory!!

  8. like vi by CaptnMArk · · Score: 3, Funny

    This would be like using "unix" without learning vi or ed. Never! :)