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July 31st 03, 04:25 AM

ospam (Larry Roll K3LT) wrote in
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In article ,
(Brian) writes:

Dan:

Good point. And the PCTA's may not need to lift a finger. After
all, the FCC just went to a great deal of time and expense to
restructure the U.S. amateur radio licensing system,

A recurring review was and is required. Do you know how often they
must review the regs?

Brian:

Every four years. Which means that the present Element 1 code test has
at least until April 15, 2004, plus the time it takes for the 2004
Quadrenneal Review, then the time it takes for the FCC to review any
Petitions for Rulemaking I may have received, then the time it would
take for the NPRM, comment, and reply comment process to take place.
Code testing could probably go on for anywhere from 2 to 4 years from
now. I never said that it wouldn't be eliminated, just that it isn't a
"front-burner" issue for the FCC.

and may not be all that
motivated to go through that process again in such short order.

They don't have a choice. It's called a mandate.

What mandate? Who is "mandating" the elimination of code testing?
The ITU left it up to the individual administrations whether or not
they would require code testing in their country's ARS licensing
system. There is no "mandate" to eliminate it whatsoever.

Since
they felt that the 5 WPM test requirement was acceptable to those
who would have burdened them with medical waiver requests had they
kept a higher speed code test, they will not likely see any need to
start the whole NPRM comment/reply ball rolling again very soon.

You haven't been paying attention.

The things I'm posting would give an unbiased observer the exact
opposite impression.

73 de Larry, K3LT

Do you realise if it does take two years, the US will be just about the
only country with code testing, except maybe Russia!

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