On Mar 7, 6:47 am, wrote:
On Mar 4, 8:02?pm, "
wrote:





On Mar 4, 5:00?pm, "KH6HZ" wrote:

wrote:
? ?[which the FCC received in 1998, *not* in 2000...]

Rip Van Deignan... ?overslept.

The last I looked, the restructuring took effect in April 2000.

Hence,

"...my Y2K NPRM restructuring comments..."

Should have said

"...my Y2K restructuring NPRM comments..."

Alas, I'm not above misplacing an adjective or adverb at 5am, however, the
gist of my comments is still accurate. Nitpick if you have nothing better to
add.

? ?You don't get "gist," tweetie. ?MyReplyto Comments was to
? ?YOUR Comments on FCC 98-143 and YOUR Comment was
? ?dated 1998. ?Do you want a copy? ?:-) ? [it's still in the ECFS
? ?for 98-143]

Yep, it is. It was filed by mail because Len couldn't
get ECFS to work for him back then.

Len did not file any Comments to 98-143 at all.
Len only filed Reply Comments to KH6HZ's Comments - even though KH6HZ
supported the NCI
position on Morse Code testing.

(That 1998 position
was to eliminate all testing except the 5 wpm required
to meet the old treaty, and to include a sunset clause
that would automatically eliminate the 5 wpm test if/when the treaty
no longer required it.)

Why Len would use the FCC comment system
to argue with someone who *supported*
elimination of all Morse Code testing at the earliest possible date
remains a mystery. Perhaps
he could not control his actions....

Reply to Comments are *only* supposed to be
rebuttals of others' comments. They are not
supposed to include any subjects not already
discussed - that's what Comments are for. Len
did not file any Comments to 98-143 at all.

Yet in Len's Reply Comments he
proposed that the FCC add a new, arbitrary and
completely unnecessary minimum age requirement
of 14 years to the rules, so that no class of amateur
radio license could be issued to anyone under that
age.

There has never been a minimum-age requirement for a US amateur radio
license, and to date Len has not been able to come up with a single
instance of problems caused by the lack of such a requirement.

Jim, N2EY-

I'm going to have to re-evaluate NY whine. Them's some sour grapes.