Leo wrote:
On 14 Oct 2005 12:39:50 -0700, wrote:
From: on Oct 14, 9:20 am
Bill Sohl wrote:
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Not only that, but NOT ONE of those 2558 filings was done by
James Miccolis!
That is odd indeed - I would have thought that Jim would have been one
of the first to state his concerns to the FCC regarding the
elimination of Morse testing - considering that this is the last
opportunity to do so before the final ruling.
Do you think it will make any difference, Leo? Do you think there's any
chance FCC will retain Element 1?
Will multiple comment filings make any difference?
Besides, a good comment takes time to write. Why hurry, if it's so
important?
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I think FCC will just drop Element 1. Sure, I'll file comments. So will
plenty of others. But the stage is set for FCC to just drop Element 1.
Here's why:
1) Back in 1990, FCC created medical waivers because Papa Bush wanted
to do a now-dead King a favor. In the R&O, FCC said that they could not
waiver 5 wpm because of the treaty - and only because of the treaty.
2) Back in 2000, FCC dumped all but 5 wpm code, again citing the
treaty.
3) Now the treaty's gone. End of story.
Have you seen a significant increase in the number of Canadian radio
amateurs since code testing was made optional? Has there been a
significant increase in the number of radio amateurs in any of the
other countries which have eliminated code testing? By "significant", I
mean sustained growth, not a short term flurry of new licenses and then
back to the same old levels of growth or decline.
If the growth doesn't happen, it means the code test wasn't really a
problem in the first place.
73 de Jim, N2EY