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FCC Proposes Abolishing Morse Code Requirement

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the removing-road-blocks dept.

TaxSlave writes "According to this ARRL article, the Federal Communications Commission has finally decided which path it wants to take with the Morse Code requirement for an amateur radio license. International requirements for Morse Code were done away with some time back, and several countries quickly abolished the requirement. Now, the FCC has proposed doing the same thing. Next step, months of comments, discussion, and navel-gazing."

2 of 439 comments (clear)

  1. A year ago? by Saratoga+C++ · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wasn't this posted a year ago?
    I'm too lazy to look up the /. story.

  2. Amateur Radio vs. Internet by reporter · · Score: 0, Troll
    A more profound question is the following. What is the point of amateur radio when the Internet has connected most of the globe?

    On the Internet, you can talk to almost anyone, anywhere as long as you have paid your monthly fee to the Internet service provider (ISP). The charge for talking via the Internet is free, once you have paid your fee to the ISP.