[MLB-WIRELESS] ACA to end Morse code proficiency requirement for amateur radio operators

[michael nardella]

If I could pass the morse code test, pretty well anyone could!!

Mike VK3PS

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
[mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au]On Behalf Of Barry Park
Sent: Monday, 17 November 2003 4:59 PM
To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] ACA to end Morse code proficiency requirement
for amateur radio operators


Sorta related to melbwireless.
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- Barry


Media Release
  Contact: paul.slocum at aca.gov.au
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Media Release No. 51 - 17 November 2003

ACA to end Morse code proficiency requirement for amateur radio operators

Australia’s amateur radio operators will no longer have to be skilled in
Morse code from next year.

The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) announced today that it
would discontinue the requirement for amateur radio operators to be
proficient in Morse code from 1 January 2004.

The decision follows an extensive review of the amateur radio service
which the ACA launched in August with the release of a discussion paper
A Review of Amateur Service Regulation. The paper outlined current
regulatory arrangements for the service, as well as proposing options
for the future.

ACA Acting Chairman Dr Bob Horton said the ACA had received more than
1400 written submissions commenting on the issues set out in the paper
and from public meetings arranged for amateur operators throughout
Australia.

More at
<http://www.aca.gov.au/aca_home/media_releases/media_enquiries/2003/03-51.ht
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