Dear Potential Ham Radio Enthusiast, Recently the international body that regulates the radio spectrum removed the requirement for knowing morse code to get a 1.8-30 MHz amateur radio license. If you are interested in ham radio then I urge you to contact the FCC commissioners and tell them to change the morse code requirement. I know that tens of thousands of potential operators are turned off by the silly morse code requirement. Currently the FCC and the pro-code ARRL want to drag out this change for one, two or more years. Meanwhile overseas governments have already removed the morse code requirement. Please contact the FCC commissioners so that they can make the FCC move on lifting the ancient morse code requirement.
To Contact the Commissioners via E-mail Chairman Michael K. Powell: snipped-for-privacy@fcc.gov Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy: snipped-for-privacy@fcc.gov Commissioner Michael J. Copps: snipped-for-privacy@fcc.gov Commissioner Kevin J. Martin: snipped-for-privacy@fcc.gov Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein: snipped-for-privacy@fcc.gov
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Please take a few minutes to write a thoughtful note to the FCC Commissioners to change and improve ham radio. Let us make ham radio useful for teenagers and adults today.