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In Jeffrey Angus writes:

On 6/11/2010 7:50 AM, William M. Pasternak wrote:
RADIO LAW: FCC DENIES PETITION TO CHANGE BASIS AND PURPOSE OF AMATEUR
RADIO

The FCC has turned away a rules change request from Gordon Schlesinger,
W6LBV, of San Diego, California. One that sought to partially rewrite
Section 97.1 of the Amateur Service Rules.

Section 97.1 deals with the very basis and purpose of ham radio. In hi
s
September 2008 filing, Schlesinger claimed that Section 97.1 is outmode
d
due to changes in technology and practices, and that it diverges from t
he
practical realities of the amateur service today.

I wonder exactly what Gordon thought was wrong or what needed changing.
Anybody have a link to the original petition?

Jeff-1.0
wa6fwi

I found it in the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS):

http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/docume...?id=7020246777

A link to the full text of the FCC's reply was published in the FCC
Daily Digest for June 8th, 2010:

http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Da.../dd100608.html

Unfortunately, the mail filters for rec.radio.info didn't forward it on,
as they didn't find certain keywords in the text that indicated that
this was an amateur-radio-related (Part 97) action by the FCC.
Otherwise, it would have been automatically posted here.

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73, Paul W. Schleck, K3FU

http://www.novia.net/~pschleck/
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