If in the article I ‘missed’ it.
Do you have to pass a CW test (Morse Code)?
As to the Hams, even as MM shipboard Ops they were called Amateur’s.....
To get a Hams goat, I used to tell them I couldn’t ‘talk’ to them because I wasn’t an amateur, I was a Professional.
Guess I will get in ‘trouble’ for having Ham and goat next to each other.....
Just can’t get away from discussing Muslims and Sex???
“...Do you have to pass a CW test (Morse Code)?...”
No, not anymore. I think that’s good and bad. It opens the door a bit more to folks who might otherwise see morse as an insurmountable obstacle to the hobby; but it is also a needed skill for those times when morse is the only thing that can get through intelligibly...