an_old_friend wrote:
My own comments

To the persons reading comments for the FCC greetings,

With regard to main body of the NPRM I am a favor of dropping all code
tests at once, however there are a few points concerning related
matters I wish to discuss and respect insist that FCC made something on
these points clear when the R&O is issued.

Started off strong, Mark. But then your mouth over ran common
sense and you started rambling again.

E N G L I S H C O M P O S I T I O N

The privileges of the entry class, Technician, after this action are
frankly unclear to me.

I guess you missed the part where the FCC said it was dismissing
all those other petitions and was focusing on the Code issue at the
moment.

As perhaps one of the few members of that class
making comments it is a subject near and dear to my heart.

Also guess you haven't been paying attention to some of the
demographics of the respondents. You are far and away from being
"...one of the few...", Mark...

It is also
a question vital to the future of the ARS, and thus in some degree the
safety and future of the USA.

Let's see if Lennie ahs the same Field Day with THAT as he does
anytime any of the REST of us suggest even the remotest degree of
importance or relevance of the Amateur Radio Service...

I believe the privileges should be what was known as Before the 1998
NPRM as Tech plus, this si because I have frankly observed that many
new Techs tend to get struck on FM repeaters, a fine mode but hard to
break out of, and being hard to break out tends to depress the chances
that they will, ( I refer the FCC to prices on allmode rigs with VHF
frequencies compared to FM rigs) In addition to issues of cost with the
propagation of VHF there are many times that there is no one out there
that a novice operator can find and work.

Congratulations.

104 words before you managed to get a period in there.

And the FCC could care less about the price of radios.

From personal experience...(SNIP)

Goat sacrifice counts here?

I can tell you that this is a hard thing to do, and thus tends to imped
the progress of the Techs and separate them from the rest of the ARS.

The only thing that impedes ANY licensee from operating on ANY
band or mode is just DOING it. I know several NCT's who rarely touch a
2 meter rig.

This separation is not god for the ARS or it abilities to serve in the
public interest .

Signing this comment with an Amateur Radio callsign will be even
WORSE for the Amateur Service.

Steve, K4YZ