Dee:

You have done it again.

Naturally (being a stupid male), I expect women to be "emotion based",
and you toss me a curve and a simple prediction--totally devoid of
feelings... grin

John

"Dee Flint" wrote in message
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"John Smith" wrote in message
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Dee:

Your words, "... I believe that there will be a de facto
two class system."

Did I misunderstand their intent of meaning?

John


Yes you did. It was simply a prediction of what I think will happen
and had nothing to do with how anybody will feel about it.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE

"Dee Flint" wrote in message
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"K4YZ" wrote in message
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wrote:
wrote:

I agree with Dee, the only visible impact this
latest "restructing"
will be is another quickie bubble of upgrades and nothing more
then back then the bands as usual.

Yup. Then the "barrier" folks will find another excuse.

Yep.

Just like with Novice Enhancement, the introduction of the
NCT and
Restructuring...

I find it laughable that the FCC would use the same worn out
and
obviously untrue language that "this" change will bring all those
technically-oriented people into the Amateur fold. They said the
exact
same thing with the last three aforementioned evolutions and it
wasn't
true then.

Indeed we dropped the Code Test in 91 for 97% of all Amateur
allocations, including the highly sought after VHF/UHF spectrum.
The
REAL argument has been over that last 3%, or the HF allocations.
So
where were all those engineering-types then?

People like "You-Know-Who" have been arguing that his ilk
don't
get licenses due to not being able to get on HF...Yet they ALSO
argue
that the license is most valuable for experimenting. Well...All
of the
REAL "experimenting" is going on ABOVE 30MHz, not below it, so
the
argument is moot. They, like everyone else, want to get on HF
and
"shoot skip", nothing more.

I'm betting that it remains CW for Extra, and no code for
Generals, unless the FCC want's to disband the phone-vs-narrow
band
subdivisions. I think there will be sufficient argument to keep
that
much.


I'm betting that it will go just like the NPRM is now and that is
code elimination across the board. They specifically discussed
the proposals that had that concept in it and discounted the
possibility.

The next two arguments are going to be to squeeze all of the
non-voice modes into 50 or 75KHz of spectrum on each band since
all of
those new codeless Generals will want to spead out, and to have
only
one or two license classes.


You know I doubt this as those who really wanted General upgraded
anyway. Of those who haven't upgraded yet, many are relatively
inactive anyhow.

As far as two license classes go, FCC is not considering it right
now and it won't really matter what they do as I believe that
there will be a de facto two class system.

When that is done we can remove all references to training
and
technical/operational competency from the Basis and Purpose of
Part 97.
Shortly thereafter we can move all of Part 97 to Part 95. Maybe
re-write both parts into one, new, Part 96?

Perhaps we can also add new bands at 061, 08, 04, 03 etc
Meters so
those claiming unfairness in testing criteria due to "dyslexia"
can
operate legally...?!?!

73

Steve, K4YZ


Dee D. Flint, N8UZE