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January 26th 04, 09:14 PM

(N2EY) wrote in message . com...
(Steve Robeson, K4CAP) wrote in message . com...
There's a lot of negativism in this group about the ARRL proposal.

Also a lot of positivism.

While not as verbose about it, I agree that this "proposal" was
poorly thought out and does not meet any "obvious" need within Amateur
Radio. It's a W5YI-ian like effort to create something new for the
sake of sales/membership.

I disagree! I think it has some good ideas and some bad ideas.

For example, even before 1991 the Tech was essentially the "entry
level" license - which was never the intent of that license class.

Nope. The Novice was the entry level license prior to 1991.

Because the
privileges focus so much on VHF/UHF, the entry path for many new hams
shifted from HF to VHF/UHF.

Post 1991.

And to many new hams, ham radio became
more
locally-oriented than regionally-, nationally- or
internationally-oriented.

Heaven forbid an entry level license that's internationally-oriented!

It's been said that Advanced licensees have a "problem" where DX
chasing is concerned.