[Celticwarrior]

Originally Posted by Camdor

Well, I do know it was required learning when I went to school to get my Medic's license and also when I got my HAM radio license as well so any HAM operator has to be proficient in Morse. When I got my license 10 years ago, the minimum was 25 words per minute with 90% accuracy before you could continue.

I think all first responders should be at least this proficient in Morse.

Used to be the case that Morse was required for a Ham license, but the "No Code" Technician license doesn't require it, and more and more people are getting in a that level. They can use a fairly limited range of transmission freqs but they are out there, en masse, and completely out of touch with any code, unless they are studying to move up to more bandwidth and higher access.