Editing Bruce Perens (section)

===No-Code International===
Perens founded No-Code International in 1998 with the goal of ending the Morse Code test then required for an [[amateur radio]] license. His rationale was that amateur radio should be a tool for young people to learn advanced technology and networking, rather than something that preserved antiquity and required new hams to master outmoded technology before they were allowed on the air.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lindquist|first=Rick|date=August 1999|title=Morse debate makes page 1|journal=QST|publisher=ARRL|pages=68}}</ref>

Perens lobbied intensively on the Internet, at amateur radio events in the United States, and during visits to other nations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eham.net/articles/12727|title=No-Code International Waged 'Battle'|website=eham.net|access-date=November 10, 2017}}</ref> One of his visits was to Iceland, where he had half of that nation's radio amateurs in the room, and their vote in the International Amateur Radio Union was equivalent to that of the entire United States.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}