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Submission + - Hussein Executed

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J.D.Donahue

on Saturday December 30, 2006 @12:29AM

J.D.Donahue writes: "As you may or may not know, the former dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein has been executed. According to CNN: "Throughout the day, there were conflicting reports about who had custody of Hussein. Giovanni di Stefano, one of Hussein's defense attorneys, told CNN the U.S. military officially informed him that the former Iraqi dictator had been transferred to Iraqi but that the move in U.S. court could have meant that Hussein was back in U.S. custody." The day's just beginning over there, and some analysts are forecasting retaliation from the 50% of Hussein loyalists (that's 14 million people)."

Submission + - FCC Drops Morse Testing for All Amateur Licences

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 15, 2006 @11:19PM

An anonymous reader writes: In an historic move, the FCC has acted to drop the Morse code requirement for all Amateur Radio license classes. The Commission today adopted a Report and Order (R&O) in WT Docket 05-235. In a break from typical practice, the FCC only issued a public notice at or about the close of business and not the actual Report & Order, so some details — including the effective date of the R&O — remain uncertain. Prior to the long-awaited action on the Morse code issue, Amateur Radio applicants for General and higher class licenses had to pass a 5 WPM Morse code test to operate on HF. The Commission said today's R&O eliminates that requirement for General and Amateur Extra applicants.

"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 in today's R&O.

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/12/15/104/?n c=1

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