Alun wrote:

Mike Coslo wrote in
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Alun wrote:


The French have been waitng for some time for a government minister to
sign the rule change abolishing their code test. It was signed on the
4th, and will take effect when published in the official journal,
probably either on the 14th or 21st of May, 2004.


Have any numbers on the impact of this Morse code abolition? The
earliest countries to dump Morse should have some numbers that reflect
the change one way or the other.

- Mike KB3EIA -




What sort of numbers? All their no-coders are licenced for HF, and we could
probably find out how many there are, but is that what you meant?
Violations of rules by no-coders? We have that number - it's zero.

Hmm, I though it would be obvious. How many new hams are licensed in
the countries that have eliminated the Morse code requirement

NOw that they are rid of the evil of Morse testing, one would think
that many new hams are coming into the fold, so to speak.

- Mike KB3EIA -