Dave Heil wrote:
b.b. wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:

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.

The privileges of the entry class, Technician, after this action are
frankly unclear to me. As perhaps one of the few members of that class
making comments it is a subject near and dear to my heart. It is also
a question vital to the future of the ARS, and thus in some degree the
safety and future of the USA.

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

Where's that pool of typists when you really need it?

Dave K8MN

Dave, are you volunteering for 702 duty?

To assist Mark? No way. He had a pool of trained typists at his beck
and call and has turned down a job paying nearly a quarter million per
year. I'd have thought that he'd have run his comments through his staff.

Dave K8MN

Maybe he'll just assign you to his QSL buro staff.

You can handle the Out-Of-Band QSO's.

Best of Luck.