Phil Kane wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 09:03:31 -0400, Mike Coslo wrote:


hmmmm, I don't know about you, but I really like to have the numbers
line up.


So do I, but if it's a choice of dropping the code test NOW and
leaving a hole where Element 1 used to be to be dealt with at some
future date, or futzing around for months with a total reorganization
of test elements, privileges, band segments, etc via a series of NPRMs
in a taffy-pull that will make r.r.a.p. look like a sedate cricket match,
I take the former every time.


When you put it that way, yes. Bu I expect that there will be lots of
that taffy pulling, when we have a former President of NCI espousing his
terrible proposed changes, while Carl's method would work without making
a mess. But the FCC has to weigh both. There will probably be even more
proposals as time goes on.

And since many of the statement I've seen from them talk about their
desire to remove regulations, I wonder what the final outcome might be.
In an extreme (admittedly unlikely) outcome, we may not have to worry
about the numbering of the elements. There may be no elements. But I see
a possibility of there being only one element after the dust settles.

- Mike KB3EIA -