-=> Quoting John Stanley to Blair Thompson <=-
 JS> Hello CQ, Hello CQ, 26AT125, Op. John Standing by...
 JS> Wednesday, 1 April 1998 19:12:03, Blair Thompson wrote to All Subject:
 JS> Amateur
 JS> Big Flamage cut ;)
 JS> I think you are possibly thinking the same way as I.
 JS> I am also at the point where I am thinking of going for the HAM exams
 JS> but don't see why I should have to learn Morse Code oops sorry HAM
 JS> operators I mean CW as this would not make me a better operator when it
 JS> comes to Voice Communications ie. SSB, this is the only side I am
 JS> interested in.
You no longer need to take a morse exam for the Technician license. Only
theory, rules/regs, and operating procedures. You gain all privileges
on all bands above 30mhz, including voice, fstv, and digital. To work
HF, you still need morse, but once you have the Tech license, you only
need to pass a 5wpm morse test, and really, 5wpm is nothing. Passing
the code gives you cw on 10, 15, 40, and 80 meters and voice/data on 10
meters.
Novice now gives you voice/data on 10m and limited full privileges on
222 and 1.2 gigs as well as cw on 10,15,40 and 80 meters.
If you can live with these, go take the test!
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