On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 10:36:26 -0600, JJ
wrote:



D. Stussy wrote:


The FCC, as a government agency, is bound by international treaty and law, and
here, the international law HAS CHANGED, so any regulation that refers to it
CAN (and in this case, HAS) been affected.

It's not "element 1 credit" by itself that determines a Technician class
licensee's operating privilege on HF. If it were, then I would agree that
nothing has changed - but that's simply not the situation here.

Suggest you read Phil Kane's posting on the subject. As he states, the
law has changed only in respect that each Administration can choose
themselves about the requirement for a code test. It does not mean that
the FCC has to abolish a code test. So like Phil says, nothing has
changed yet.


Reading Phil's posting won't help. They know more than a lawyer does
about the "law". While I find the premise they are presenting
interesting, I feel concern that some poor schmuck might take them at
their word and start transmitting illegally.

Howard