FCC eliminates all Morse Code testing for amateur radio licensing

[MaggieL]

Not sure if there's anybody who cares who doesn't already know, but the FCC will be eliminating all Morse code testing for amateur radio licening by the end of February. They had previously reduced the requirement to a demonstrated ability to receive at a rate of five words per minute in order to be granted privileges to operate in bands allocated to the amateur rado service below 30 MHz (commonly referred to as "HF" as opposed to "VHF" and "UHF").

Now even that relatively modest requirement has been eliminated.

More info here.

(Folks interested in information about amateur radio or becoming an amateur radio operator are welcome to contact me; I hold an Extra Class licence and am an ARRL VEC Volunteer Examiner.)