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--- uk-licence-archive [2026/03/30 15:58] – Added 2004 Radio Licensing Center g3aka
+++ uk-licence-archive [2026/04/30 15:19] (current) – Added 1985 authorisation for Class B's to use CW g3aka
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     * Permitted the sending of Greetings Messages by unlicenced persons using a Club licenced station. Messages could only be sent the amateurs in the UK and Crown Dependencies, United States of America, Canada, Falkland Islands and Pitcairn Island. A person could only send one message which was limited to a maximum of 2 minutes duration
     * Club licence stations were allocated unique RSL's
+===== 1985 =====
+  * April 1, 1985, UK Class B amateurs were permitted to use CW on 144 MHz and above without the need to pass a Morse test if they applied for a letter of authorisation
+    * The then editor of Short Wave Magazine Paul Essery G3KFE wasn't happy about it {{ :1985-01_swm_-_morse_and_class-b_licences.jpg?direct&400 | Short Wave Magazine January 1985}}
 ===== 1984 =====