On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Phil Kane wrote:
On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:58:16 GMT, D. Stussy wrote:
What it all boils down to is that except for some very basic rules,
regulations and safety considerations, most of the test requirements
for an amateur license come down to somebody's opinion about what
should be tested. Opinion and nothing more.

And if the FCC didn't like that, then they'd take testing back and do it
themselves.

Thus substituting the judgment of the Chief,. Licensing and
Rxamination Branch (the guy - yes, one individual - who used to make
up the tests) for the judgment of the Question Pool Committee.

That may be true. I never said it was a good idea. I only said that it's the
government's option, good or bad.