"Dan/W4NTI" w4nti@get rid of this mindspring.com wrote in message hlink.net...
Must be a hoax. Powell has no idea about what is going on with ham radio.

It's another rather well done Brakob spoof/troll just to see how many
would actually fall for it. I'm appalled!

w3rv


Dan/W4NTI

"KØHB" wrote in message
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August 12, 2004 06:11 PM EDT

Gettysburg, Pa (API)

In a surprise announcement today, FCC Chairman Michael Powell released
preliminary news of a new "user fee" based revenue system for amateur
radio operators. "This exciting initiative, suggested by a leading
amateur operator and jumpsuit model (photo at http://tinyurl.com/48krd),