RADIOA HAMS: IT WILL NO LONGER BE NECESSARY TO KNOW MORSE
(AGI) - Rome, Italy, July 23 - To gain an amateur radio

operator's licence it will no longer be necessary to take

a test in Morse Code. Communications Minister, Mario

Landolfi, has signed the decree to eliminate such a test

already abolished some time ago by other countries. "The

Morse alphabet is certainly not pensioned off, but it is -

Landolfi said - a decision due to technological evolution

and the necessity of changing with the times. The bodies

that carried out the tests will remain active, as I have

proposed, for young people and fans, continuing to

recall the importance of the Morse Code for over 160

years. And furthermore there will be a room dedicated to

this at the Museum of Post and Telecommunications in

Rome." (AGI) -

WHO CARES, Ham radio is dead CB is King

"Bruce" wrote in message
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WHO CARES, Ham radio is dead CB is King



King for reliable 3 mile communications LOL.


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA

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Hello, John

With a reliable daytime communications range of perhaps 5 miles in this city
(up to 20 miles at 3 am in the morning when most folks are asleep), if you
multiply reliable communications range by the number of folks, cb will fall
short. Even shorter if you need a good reliable 100 or 200 mile range 24/7.


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA



"John Smith" wrote in message
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Naaa, CB has just absorbed amateur radio. Heck, what could we expect,
they out number hams a few times over!

John

"Bruce" wrote in message
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WHO CARES, Ham radio is dead CB is King