Subj : Morse test, to be or not to be?
To   : Richard Town
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Mon Jul 09 2001 03:26 am

Hi Richard,

 > MvdV> They may have used it in the Gulf war. Note that that
 > MvdV> already is a decade into the past...
 >
 > You'll just have to accept that it is used for reasons of
 > it's virtual impossibility to intercept

I'll accept any use made of morse. I think however that choosing it for it's 
difficulty to intercept is a mistake. There are many state of the art 
techniques that are far more difficult to detect, let alone intercept than 
plain old morse.

 > especially if used with Picolo

What is Picolo?

 >  MvdV> The official point of view of the RDR (the Dutch
 >  MvdV> equivalent of the FCC) is that there is no
 >  MvdV> compelling reason to maintain the morse test as
 >  MvdV> part of the exam since their are no other services
 >  MvdV> left that use morse.
 >
 > Except between persons of course...

Apparently the official point of view is that this does not exist except in the 
amateur service.

 >  MvdV> I gather many governments have taken a similar stance by now.
 >
 > Many governments have a vested interest in channelling all
 > personal comms via interceptable routes

I am aware oif that, but I fail to see how this is relevant to the matter at 
hand.

Cheers, Michiel

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