sorry I missed this one in your braodsides of ****
K4YZ wrote:
an_old_friend wrote:
cuting to the point
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.

No I read it clearly and was of course addressing the cleaning up of
details when the code test is riped out the of the regs

but then you are not bothhered by things like facts



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...

without runing all of them I saw few techs mostly generals and extras
(more than a thousand)
no I can't tell

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...

Auf Anglish Bitte?


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.
cuting pointless remarks

From personal experience...(SNIP)

Goat sacrifice counts here?

I'll leave your libelous and defamitory statement for all to see again


as "proof" of your respect for the faiths of others


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.
cuting drivel

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