When I was in scouts, two shortwave amateurs who ran their rigs out of their basements–via tall towers looming over their back yards–taught Morse code for the shortave radio merit badge. It looked too hard to me, so I went for something else. First Aid, I think it was, or maybe canoeing.
Only needed to wait about fifty more years, until Friday’s ruling.
"In an historic move, the FCC has acted to drop the Morse code requirement for all Amateur Radio license classes…Currently, Amateur Radio applicants for General and higher class licenses have to pass a 5 [words per minute] Morse code test to operate on [High Frequency]. Today’s [Report & Order] will eliminate that requirement all around."
Dit dah, dit dah, dit dah, that’s all, folks. (Translations here)
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 