No Code UK view

[alan alan]

Hi all,

The UK amateurs voted by a reasonable but no a large majority to drop
the code post WRC03.

The issue for the administration (then the Radiocommunications Agency
- RA) was a defensible licensing need.  Historically CW was the only
common mode between amateurs and the other users with whom they
shared many bands.  Consequently a valid case could be made to need a
code test.  Now all the other (professional) users have dropped the
code so there is no licensing need.  The RA would not have won a
challenge to demonstrate why a license to operate on HF required code
ability.  The other examinable features of the licence examinations
can be justified.

I cannot speak for how the FCC will regard the matter or for US
jurisprudence, but if they make a rule for which they cannot provide
a justifiable need, then I assume they are liable to legal challenge.
 Ergo, you have to provide them with a need to retain code testing
that they can stand up and say whilst keeping a straight face.

Regards   Alan  G0HIQ



               
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[michael taylor-3]

On 9/4/05, alan alan <[hidden email]> wrote:
> The UK amateurs voted by a reasonable but no a large majority to drop
> the code post WRC03.
>
> The issue for the administration (then the Radiocommunications Agency
> - RA) was a defensible licensing need.  Historically CW was the only

I believe the secondary reason is that the RA, and Industry Canada (in
Canada), want to simplify administration of amateur radio licensing.
Both government agencies appear to be streamlining the processes thus
requiring fewer government resources to handling amateur licensing. I
believe in Canada it may be not much more than a single person
spending 1-2 days a month on amateur radio licensing (issuing new
licenses updating the government database that RAC makes available,
<http://www.rac.ca/callbook/>, and in recent history, no enforcement
resources. Eliminating Morse testing is consistent with this
simplification of amateur licensing, which I believe the FCC is
interested in as well.

-ve3tix
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