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September 9th 03, 10:47 PM

In article , (N2EY)
writes:

In article ,
(Len Over 21) writes:

There are currently 7 petitions for Rule Making at the FCC ECFS...RM-
10781 through RM-10787. As of 10 AM Pacific Time on 8 Sep 03, those
seven RMs had a total of 1,101 documents.

The OVERWHELMING CLEAR CONSENSUS that comes from those
comments is the abolishment of the morse code test for a US amateur
radio license, any class.

Not to anyone who understands what the word "consensus" means. You obviously
don't.

Webster's New World Compact School and Office Dictionary, Prentice-Hall
1989, defines "consensus" as follows:

"1 An opinion held by all or most 2 general agreement esp. in opinion."

An examination, observation, or random sampling of the six RMs that have
Comments will show that MOST of the respondents favor eliminating the
code test. MOST to an overwhelming majority.

Feel free to go into denial of the obvious. Your choice.

However, FCC does not require a consensus in order to make a decision. Nor
does FCC have to enact rules that agree with the majority opinion.

Not being an "insider" to the workings of the FCC as you imply, I'll just go
along with the majority opinions on RM-10781 through RM-10787 as I see
them on the public-access FCC ECFS database.

Perhaps FCC will remove all code testing for amateur licenses. I would not be
at all surprised if they did. Or perhaps FCC will retain some form of code
testing for one or more license classes, as has been recommended by W3BE and
others. One thing is clear, though: There is no "OVERWHELMING CLEAR
CONSENSUS" involved.

Yes there is. You just can't stand it so you whine and carry on in denial.

Don't make such a scene in public with your denial whining. It spoils your
image as a long-time superior amateur radio person.

LHA