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From: dana@lando.la.locus.com (Dana H. Myers)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Ham licenses without Morse code -- News item
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Date: 17 Dec 90 23:24:42 GMT
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In article <1990Dec13.220156.23970@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu ( Michael A. Covington) writes:
>
[ Comments about code free Technician class license deleted ]
>
>Afterward, if you want to take the 5 wpm code test, you can get the
>right to use Morse code on some shortwave bands. And of course all the
>other classes of ham license are still there.

   Don't forget; Novices and Technicians who have passed the 5 wpm code
test have 200 kHz of very active voice privileges on 10 meters in addition
to the CW sub-bands on 80, 40, 15 and 10 meters.

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