K0HB wrote:

My proposal gives FULL privileges at very modest (but not QRP) power
levels so that a newcomer can learn the ropes right alongside
experienced operators, but at power levels which are safer and also
less likely to trash the band if they overdrive, mistune, or run
defective gear, or make other "newbie" mistakes.

Sounds good to me. Your proposal was a lot more intelligently written
than mine.

And just an FYI, I've worked all continents on PSK31 with less than 50w
output, so it's not going to seriously handicap an operator. In fact,
it'll probably teach them to operate better because they won't have
higher power to compensate for inexperience.

This bears notice --- my proposal doesn't "ghetto-ize" the newcomer to
a few little slices of the band like the current Novice/Tech+
allocations, so the "lack of appeal" isn't restricted operating
privileges, but only a modest power level (and the requirement to
upgrade within 10 years).

I like it, and the beauty of it is that the NCVEC proposal, if adopted,
doesn't preclude this kind of modification later.

73 de K0OOK

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