"John Smith I" wrote:

Amateur Radio is about to undergo a face lift and a painful rebirth into
the new millennium ... These are truly exciting times to live in.

That's what people said when the FCC did the 2000 restructuring.

Guess what? No effect.

11k amateurs added between '00 and April '03. Since April '03, ARS has lost
32k amateurs.


This latest change will have about as much effect -- a fizzle -- because
when push comes to shove, the 5wpm code test did not represent a significant
barrier to entry to amateur radio, despite what the No-Code Agenda would
like you to believe.