On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 22:11:43 GMT, "Dee D. Flint"
wrote:

There is a new article as of today on the ARRL site that also predicts about
two years. They also are of the opinion that the FCC will take no action on
its own but will only respond to petitions for changes. If that's indeed
the case, then someone has to file a petition, then there has to be time for
comments and related petitions, then the FCC needs to review it all and file
a NPRM and allow time for comments on that and so on.

Wouldn't it be ironic if nobody filed a petition because everybody
thought someone else was already doing it? You know, kinda like when
the band's open but nobody knows it because they're all sitting there
listening for somebody else to call CQ?

The other thing that occurs to me is, you could basically take the
database of comments filed during the inquiry that preceded the last
restructuring, stamp a new docket number on it, and get it over with.
We've all been through this before in excruciating detail.

73 DE John, KC2HMZ

In article , Radio Amateur KC2HMZ
writes:

Wouldn't it be ironic if nobody filed a petition because everybody
thought someone else was already doing it?

One can only hope. Stranger things have happened.

The problem for the petition-filers is a question of timing and ratification.
If, as the article suggests, FCC doesn't have to wait for Senate ratification
of the treaty, the time to file a petition is right now. But if FCC has to wait
for ratification, filing a petition just makes the filer look clueless in front
of FCC. Which is not a good way to get the desired result. Meanwhile, if
ratification isn't far off, it makes sense to sit tight, refine the petition as
best you can, and then present it as soon as possible after ratification.

You know, kinda like when
the band's open but nobody knows it because they're all sitting there
listening for somebody else to call CQ?

The other thing that occurs to me is, you could basically take the
database of comments filed during the inquiry that preceded the last
restructuring, stamp a new docket number on it, and get it over with.
We've all been through this before in excruciating detail.

Which is what some of us think FCC may do. But then again, maybe not.

73 de Jim, N2EY