On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:49:49 GMT, Dan/W4NTI wrote:

Why should fees apply to a amateur license in the first place?

We are a 'not for profit' operation.
We are not a business.

These were exactly the points made by the ARRL to convince the FCC
to not charge license fees when fees were reinstated.

We use the public airways.
We are the public.

This applies to commercial/business users as well.

I was under the impression that all the employees of the FCC were payed by
tax monies.
So why should we pay them twice for the same job?

This makes no sense. How does charging a license fee result in an
employee being paid twice (much as I would have liked to have been
paid the going industry rate which was double what I was paid....)?

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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane