NO MORSE CODE INTERNATIONAL

Negara lain sejak 2004 lagi sudah menggugurkan syarat lulus ujian code morse.

Tujuan utama sebelum ini mengapa Ham Radio operator perlukan keupayaan menhantar atau menerima isyarat morse adalah kerana sebelum ini (zaman kapal titanic !),  ada setengah Band Radio Amateur (frequency radio) adalah berkongsi sama dengan marine band radio. Marine atau kapal-kapal ni hanya menggunakan mode voice apabila berhampiran dengan pelabuhan sahaja tetapi bila di tengah lautan mereka lebih kepada morse code untuk tujuan jarak perhubungan yang jauh. Berita atau mesej dari kapal ini adalah sangat penting dan menjadi perkara yang di utamakan pada share band  ini..Maka operator akan menggunakan morse code untuk memberitahu apa-apa yang berkaitan dengan frequency yang di gunakan. Maka dengan sebab itu menjadi keperluan bagi operator Radio Amateur mengetahui isyarat morse code. ITU DULU zaman sebelum ada satellite radio dan sebagainya. Sekarang ini International Marine Law sudah  memansuhkan syarat morse code sebagai keperluan quailified wireless operator bagi kapal-kapal besar. Sekarang  kapal-kapal dagang boleh berhubung jarak jauh dengan menggunakan radio satellite tanpa perlu lagi mengambil petugas-petugas yang yang berkebolehan dalam morse code. Jadi dengan sebab itulah pihak ITU  berpendapat kerperluan ujian code morse sudah tidak menjadi syarat utama bagi tujuan penggunaan gelombang HF. 

                                                  Canadian Amateur Radio Bulletin

hfradio.net
(Week of Feb.15 2004)

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International
Feb. 14 2004  New Amateur Radio Regulations Introduced in Denmark
The Danish Information Technology and Telecom Agency has announced new regulations for radio amateurs in Denmark. The main feature of the new regulations, which came into effect on the 1st of February, is the elimination of the Morse code examination for access to the HF bands. Danish radio amateurs are also now allowed to use parts of the 4-metre band without a special permit. These are: 70.0125 to 70.0625, 70.0875 to 70.1125, 70.3125 to 70.3875 and 70.4125 to 70.4875MHz. Beacons are allowed in the 70.0125 to 70.0500MHz portion of the band. Detailed Danish 70MHz band plans can be found on the Internet: http://vhf.edr.dk
(RSGB)
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Feb. 11 2004   Hong Kong dropping Morse requirement
Hong Kong has become the latest country to announce it will drop the requirement that Amateur Radio applicants pass a Morse code examination for access to frequencies below 30 MHz. In conjunction with the announcement, Hong Kong will cancel all existing amateur station license (ASL) classes (and/or authority to operate), replacing them with a new authorization that does not carry a license class. "The existing Intermediate and Restricted class of ASL holders are allowed similar operational privileges as the existing Full class of ASL holders," the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) announced February 11. OFTA also opened the 430 to 440 MHz band for portable and mobile operation and allocated 10.45 to 10.5 GHz to the Amateur Service. OFTA did not specify an implementation date for the changes but indicated they would "come into effect soon."
(ARRL News Service)

Papua New Guinea Latest to Drop Morse Requirement:

from The ARRL Letter, Vol 22, No 41 on October 18, 2003
Website: http://www.arrl.org/ 
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Papua New Guinea Latest to Drop Morse Requirement:

Rick Warnett, P29KFS, reports that the Papua New Guinea Telecommunications Administration (PANGTEL) has deleted Morse code as a requirement for HF access. The decision came on October 6 and will be formally announced in the next few days, said Warnett--the International Amateur Radio Union representative for the Papua New Guinea Amateur Radio Society. "Some 30 to 40 new 'full calls' will now have access to HF radio and the international communication possible," Warnett said. In addition, Ireland, Switzerland, Belgium, the UK, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Austria, New Zealand, Australia, Luxembourg and Singapore have moved to drop their Amateur Radio Morse testing requirements. A recent Radio Amateurs of Canada surveyhttp://www.rac.ca/news/mresults.htm indicated that two-thirds of the Canadian licensees responding to the survey want their country to drop the Morse requirement

Switzerland to Abandon Code Requirements:

Markus Baertschi (HB9VCD) on July 14, 2003
Website: http://www.markus.org 
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The Swiss Federal Office for Communications OFCOM (www.ofcom.ch) is abandoning the Morse Code requirements for Amateur Radion operators immediately.

On the site of the Union of swiss short wave amateurs (www.uska.ch) you can find the news.

Recently we received from our Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) the following information:

Due to the decision WRC 2003 to drop morse code as part of the licence test, the OFCOM will release in the next days a letter to all CEPT 2 licencees in Switzerland containing a temporary permission to use the short wave bands. With this provisional agreement it is possible the save a lot of time until the ordinance is changed.

Immediately after reception of this letter the CEPT 2 licencees are allowed to use the short wave bands according to the Swiss prescriptions with their present call signs.

This ultra-fast procedure of our national Telecommunication Authority in favour of the waiting amateurs is doubtless a result of the excellent agreement between the committee of USKA and the responsibles of OFCOM.

Herewith we express our gratitude for the OFCOM and we are wishing good DX to the present CEPT 2 licencees on the short wave bands.

The committee of USKA

NO CODE INTERNATIONAL

AKU TAK MINAT MORSE CODE .FULLSTOP.

Tak apalah aku gunalah apa frequency yang di benarkan. Lagi pun aku dah tua nak duduk lama-lama depan radio ni dah tak minat lagi, tak seperti 10 tahun dulu duduk depan radio berjam-jam hingga 2 ke 3 pagi tak menjadi masalah, kini semua dah berubah cuma rules and regulations ham radio di Malaysia tak berubah-ubah!.

FCC to Drop Morse Testing for All Amateur License Classes

NEWINGTON, CT, Dec 19, 2006 -- In an historic move, the FCC has acted to drop the Morse code requirement for all Amateur Radio license classes. The Commission adopted the long-awaited Report and Order (R&O
) in WT Docket 05-235, the "Morse code" proceeding, and released it December 19. The FCC R&O also includes an Order on Reconsideration in WT Docket 04-140 -- the "omnibus" proceeding. It will modify the Amateur Service rules in response to ARRL's request to accommodate automatically controlled narrowband digital stations on 80 meters in the wake of rule changes that became effective December 15. The Commission designated the 3585 to 3600 kHz frequency segment for such operations, although the segment will remain available for CW, RTTY and data. The effective date of the FCC's R&O will be 30 days after publication in the Federal Register -- most likely in February. Currently, Amateur Radio applicants must pass a 5 WPM Morse code test to operate on HF. The FCC's action will eliminate that requirement all around. "This change eliminates an unnecessary regulatory burden that may discourage current Amateur Radio operators from advancing their skills and participating more fully in the benefits of Amateur Radio," the FCC said. The ARRL had asked the FCC to retain the 5 WPM for Amateur Extra class applicants only. The FCC proposed earlier to drop the requirement across the board, however, and it held to that decision. The ARRL has been posting all relevant information on these important Part 97 rule revisions on its "FCC's Morse Code Report and Order WT Docket 05-235" Web page. The FCC's action in WT Docket 05-235 will grant limited HF privileges to all Technician licensees, whether or not they've passed a Morse code examination. Once the R&O goes into effect next year, all Technician class license holders will be able to enjoy current "Tech Plus" HF privileges in addition to their current VHF/UHF privileges. The FCC R&O in the Morse code docket eliminates a disparity in the operating privileges for Technician and Technician Plus class licensees -- something the ARRL has asked the Commission to address following the release of the FCC's July 2005 Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM
) in WT Docket 05-235. "With today's elimination of the Morse code exam requirements, the FCC concluded that the disparity between the operating privileges of Technician class licensees and Technician Plus class licensees should not be retained," the FCC public notice said. "Therefore, the FCC, in today's action, afforded Technician and Technician Plus licensees identical operating privileges." Technician licensees without Element 1 Morse code credit currently have operating privileges on all amateur frequencies above 30 MHz. Technicians with Element 1 credit (ie, "Tech Plus" licensees) have limited HF privileges on 80, 40, 15 and 10 meters. Under the Part 97 rules the Commission proposed last year in its NPRM in WT Docket 05-235, current Technicians lacking Morse credit after the new rules went into effect would have had to upgrade to General to earn any HF privileges. Privileges will remain the same for Novice, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra class licensees. The FCC has clarified that there will be no changes in the administration of Amateur Radio examination elements and in granting a Certificate for Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE) for General and Extra class until the new rules go into effect. CSCEs are only valid for examination credit for 365 days from date of issuance; applicants cannot use CSCEs older than that to upgrade. Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (VECs) will handle all upgrades through volunteer examiner teams. Candidates for General or Amateur Extra testing between now and the effective date of the new rules will still have to pass Element 1 (5 WPM Morse code) to obtain new privileges. Those earning Element 3 or Element 4 credit between now and the effective date of the new rules will receive a CSCE from the VE team. Once the new rules are in place, anyone holding a valid CSCE may apply for an upgrade at a VE examination session and will have to pay the applicable fee, if any. The wholesale elimination of a Morse code requirement for all license classes ends a longstanding national and international regulatory tradition in the requirements to gain access to Amateur Radio frequencies below 30 MHz. The first no-code license in the US was the Technician ticket, instituted in 1991. The question of whether or not to drop the Morse requirement altogether has been the subject of often-heated debate over the past several years, but the handwriting has been on the wall -- especially since the FCC instituted an across-the-board 5 WPM Morse requirement effective April 15, 2000, in the most-recent major Amateur Radio licensing restructuring (WT Docket 98-143). The FCC said the R&O in WT Docket 05-235 comports with revisions to the international Radio Regulations resulting from World Radiocommunication Conference 2003 (WRC-03). At that gathering, delegates agreed to authorize each country to determine whether or not to require that applicants demonstrate Morse code proficiency in order to qualify for an Amateur Radio license with privileges on frequencies below 30 MHz. The list of countries dropping the Morse requirement has been growing steadily since WRC-03. A number of countries, including Canada, the UK and several European nations, now no longer require applicants for an Amateur Radio license to pass a Morse code test to gain HF operating privileges. Following WRC-03, the FCC received several petitions for rule making asking it to eliminate the Morse requirement in the US.

NO CODE (CW) CAMPAIGNS

KEMPEN: NO CODE (NO CW ), DROPPED CW AS A REQUIREMENT FOR AN HIGH FREQUENCY (HF) LICENSE.

NOW MORE AND MORE COUNTRY DROPPED CW AS REQUIREMENT FOR USING HF. WHY NOT MALAYSIA TOO ???.
ANY GOOD REASON ?? COMPARE TO FCC OR OFCOM REASON ??.

GLOBAL ELIMINATION (NO CODE)  OF MORSE CODE TESTING REQUIREMENT FOR ALL CLASSES OF AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE.

WHY NOT MALAYSIA TOO ?. ANY GOOD REASON COMPARE TO FCC OR OFCOM OR SINGAPORE IDA REASON ??? ACTUALLY NO REASON !!!.

SO NO CODE (CW) CAMPAIGNS IS FOR YOU 9M2, 9W2 PEOPLE WITH OPENED MINDED, LOOK FOR THE FUTURE OF AMATEUR RADIO IN MALAYSIA, FOR BRILIANT OF AMATEUR RADIO CULTURE IN MALAYSIA. IF YOU WANT TO GET MORE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN HAM RADIO IN THIS NEW WORLD TECHNOLOGY, THE SOLUTION IS SIMPLE! GET RID OF THE CW REQUIREMENTS. 


Apa yang boleh di lakukan ialah dengan menubuhkan ad-hoc no code campaign atau melalui NGO sosial sekiranya kelab atau persatuan radio amateur yang berlambak itu tak berminat untuk tujuan kearah itu,  tak payah join mana-mana kelab atau persatuan kalau hanya setakat ambil yuran nak buat atau guna repeater atau setakat nak jawatan, langsung tak ada perancangan tentang masa depan atau perkembangan rules and regulations radio amateur global. Hanya tahu mesyuarat pilih presiden, ajk dan duit yuran nak buat repeater,  nak buat gathering,  lain-lain perkara berhubung kait dengan radio amateur langsung tak mahu di sentuh, negara lain sudah gugurkan CW, itu mereka punya hal biar kita kekal dengan undang-undang lama!, itu maknanya kita lebih suka jadi katak bawah tempurung!. Dengan ad-hoc atau kelab social ini buatlah pungutan tanda tangan sesiapa yang menyokong kempen ini di kalangan pemegang AA serta buatkan memorendum atau petition mengenainya yang terperinci nyatakan kesemua negara yang telah menghapuskan cw dengan bukti pengumuman negara tersebut. Bawa kepada pihak SKMM dan kepada kementerian komunikasi dan multi media atau pilihan yang terakhir melalui saluran politik, bahas di parlimen kalau cara hantar memorendum tidak mendapat layanan sewajarnya demi masa depan Radio Amateur di Malaysia. Tapi siapa yang nak buat???. Entah aku pun tak tahu.!