In article , Dave Heil
writes:

N2EY wrote:

Dave Heil wrote in message
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Len Over 21 wrote:
CB was created 46 years ago and hams of today are still crying
and whining and P&Ming about the FCC "stealing away 'their' band"
even though they may not have been born when CB was.

They are? Would it be too much trouble for you to name one or two of
'em?

Actually, Dave, the citizens' radio service was created by FCC in 1946
and the first licenses issued in 1947. See:

http://hamgallery.com/Tribute/W8PAL/

The first allocations were in the 460 MHz range, and were known as
Class A and Class B cb. (One class was voice and the other
radio-control). The more-popular ~27 MHz cb (Class C and Class D) were
authorized by FCC in 1958. FRS and GMRS are really the lineal
descendants of 1946-era cb.

I would have thought our resident expert on all things radio would have
known that.

Such a person should also know that FCC will accept comments up to 45 days from
the date an NPRM is published in the federal register.

Such a person should also know that FCC has been doing the comment thing for
decades. Back in the 60s FCC got over 6000 comments to the various "incentive
licensing" proposals. This was back in the days when such comments were usually
manually typed and mailed - no PCs, no internet, no emails. This was
back when the number of US hams was about 40% of what it is today.

And you'd think such a person would have filed comments on 98-143 during the
comment period, not the reply comment period, and done it electronically. But
hey, even professionals have computer trouble.

You seem to be whining and crying about amateur radio licensing issues
even though you weren't born when amateur radio was.

There's a profile floating around that you might find handy, Dave...

Oh, don't worry. Your summary of Len's likely actions will pop up from
time to time as long as he acts as he does.

So predictable.

The humorous part of
dealing with Leonard is that he just can't see is that he is guilty of
those things of which he accuses others.

Maybe he can. Maybe that's his point.

If someone like him moved next
door to me, I'd give serious thought to planting a "For Sale" sign on my
lawn--or maybe I'd just paint my house lavender and put in a yard full
of pink plastic flamingos.

Did you ever see the John Waters film by that name?

73 de Jim, N2EY