Alun Palmer wrote in message . ..
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Alun Palmer wrote in message
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"Elmer E Ing" Elmer E wrote in
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Better read URL:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/07/22/1/?nc=1




I have read it now. IME, it is more typical for the rule making
process to take about a year. I guess the two year figure in this NG
comes specifically from this article. Whilst I think that two years is
a worst case scenario, one other useful piece of info does come out
from the article, i.e. that ratification is not required before the
FCC can act (although I'm not sure why not).

My XYL (a no-coder) has asked me to draft a petition to the FCC. Since
it looks like others may be waiting unnecesaarily for ratification, I
guess I should get to work on it. Does anyone here have any sensible
advice on how to draft an FCC petition? I'm sure there are people here
who have filed one before.

I strongly suggest you wait until the NPRM is published then add your
comments to the din which is a much simpler proposition. There won't
be any shortage of petitions for the NPRM, believe me.

w3rv


Too late, I've written it. All 22 pages of it. I would post it here, but
none of the rule changes are visible after you convert it to ASCII. I
could post a pdf version on the web if anyone is interested?

In a nutshell, it asks them to ditch Element 1 and give all Techs all the
novice subbands. I may as well go ahead and file it, now. The FCC want 5
copies, though, including the original. That's a lot of paper and ink!

I tried to warn ya!

w3rv