I'm pretty sure that anyone who is a technician class, such as myself, will still have to take the written test, element 3 or 4 depending on whether we want General or Extra license, in order to operate on HF Voice. Even those that are Tech + would have to take element 3 to operate voice on HF except for the small segment already available to Tech + on 10 M and the small CW only segments on 15 M, 40 M & 80 M. I read that they are going to combine Tech and Tech + now, and while I may be wrong,I guess that means that a Tech could operate on HF CW where the Tech + were allowed. Of corse, that is a moot point, as most Tech's don't know Morse anyway Hi Hi! Either way, I'm sure that they/we will have to wait till published etc. I hope those in the group that were opposed to the elimination of Morse will not hold it against those of us that will benefit from this. I for one love Ham Radio, and just wasn't interested in CW, but was going to learn it anyway because it was looking like this rule change was not coming soon enough. I may still learn it someday, but for now, I am mainly interested in the "other" digital modes like PSK etc.
73 de KCØPTO --- In [email protected], "Andrew O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When does this take effect? Can no code hams start tonight on HF or do > we have to wait for the rules to be published in the Federal Register > plus 30 days ? > > Andy K3UK >
