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
(Week of Feb.15 2004)
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, 2003Website: http://www.arrl.org/
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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, 2003Website: 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
