It should come as no surprise that Len Anderson's eight pages of
pontificating, self-important reply to the comments of Robert G.
Rightsell read almost exactly like his frequent pontificating,
self-important rants in r.r.a.p.

"Craft", "guild", "union", "self-styled elite group of traditionalists",
they're all there. Len's obligatory references to his military
experience of more than a half-century ago are there, but he carefully
reworked his "24/7" statement so that he personally isn't described as
having worked 24 hours per day for a week.

Leonard's remarks are carefully loaded with numerous references to
copious footnotes. One lets the Commission in on what PROFESSIONAL
periodicals he receives. Another tells the Commission of the woeful
failure of Fessenden's experiments in the use of amplitude modulated
telephony.

In typical Andersonesque fashion, Len calls some of Rightsell's comments
"not only egregious but an outright insult, not only to those of us who
worked responsibly in radio communications long ago, but to all the
planners of radio communications *in every other service except radio
amateurism* since the end of World War 2. [Isn't it supposed to be
"World War II"?] Len opines, "To be blunt, Mr. Rightsell engages in
self-puffery and nonsense". Additionally, our Leonard provides the
Commissioner's a lecture in a rundown of decade by decade progress in
the development of radio.

Len can't resist a few jabs at Joe Speroni's talley of comments on
05-235. He makes certain that the Commission is aware that Speroni is
"an unabashed proponent of radiotelegraphy in amateur radio, and has
been so for years" as if it were an unknown that Mr. Anderson is an
unabashed proponent of doing away with morse code exam in amateur radio
(and has been such for years).

Leonard H. Anderson, despite his self-declared several decades of
interest in amateur radio, nine years or so of posts to r.r.a.p and a
claim that he was going for an "Extra right out of the box" is *still
not a radio amateur*. On the positive side for Mr. Anderson, he is
still holding on to his tiny, dusty Johnson.

Dave K8MN