Subject: FCC Assigns RM Numbers To Three New Restructuring Petitions
From: Mike Coslo
Date: 3/25/2004 9:33 AM Central Standard Time
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They didn't bypass Novice since they had to pass the written before
2000. The testing to get to tech was divided into two written elements.
What many bypassed was the code test. If Novice was nocode with
VHF access, especially to 2m, I'd bet there wouldn't have been anywhere
near the number of techs we have today.

Even with an Element 1 test, there would probably be a lot more novices

if there had been VHF access. Conjecture of course.


I dunno, Mike...

Novices were given 220MHz priviledges along with some (dubiously) adequate
10 meter phone priviledges and it sputtered to a halt almost as quickly as it
started.

I was in SoCal when "Novice Enhancement" took effect, and one can hardly
argue that there is a dearth of repeaters on that band in that region...even
that, very little additional activity was heard. I think I worked a half dozen
Novices on 220 in the year after it was implemented.

HF is the spectrum everyone wants to play on, all of the wizz-bang
technology that's sprouting up on V/UHF notwithstanding.

Any carrots we wish to put in front of the new-licensee cart are going to
have to be 1.8 to 29.7MHz flavored carrots, I think!

73

Steve, K4YZ