Just haveing fun michael. Don't take it so seriously.
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From: Michael Monsour via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org>
Date: 4/1/17 9:42 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <bvarc@bvarc.org>
Cc: Michael Monsour <msi...@gmail.com>, JP Pritchard <jppn...@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [BVARC] FCC action!!
Enough with the April 1st junk
On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 9:03 PM, JP Pritchard via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
I know this is crap since the federal government would never say in a press
release that it had made a big mistake. Nice try Chris. You're an April fool.
JP
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> On Apr 1, 2017, at 8:45 PM, Chris Boone via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
>
> FCC to reinstate Morse Code test
>
> Washington, D.C. – April 1, 2017 –
>
> 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 Dotty 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, 2017.
>
> “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.
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