"Larry Roll K3LT" wrote:

(snip) Now, then, how does the advocation of code
testing in any way correlate to bigotry, elitism, and/or
discrimination against other Americans? (snip)


I'm not going to waste time talking in circles with you, Larry. We just
discussed this less than a month ago, so there is little reason to repeat it
again.


Correct, because I don't consider it to be "excessive"
government regulation. I believe the government has
a valid need to regulate certain things, especially
valuable and finite resources such as the RF spectrum.
Therefore, I believe that when license is to be given for
the PRIVILEGE of free use of RF spectrum, which is
worth potentially billions of dollars should it be converted
to commerce in the commercial utility communications
and broadcasting industries, certain government
regulation makes good sense. (snip)


The only thing you didn't explain with that is a government regulation
requiring code testing to gain that privilege. In other words, what does
code testing have to do with anything you said?


(snip) First of all, FCC Commissioners are political
appointees, not necessarily technical experts. They can,
and do, depend on the advice of professional technical
experts, who actually formulate and subsequently make
recommendations on regulatory matters. (snip)


The original premise still stands - there is no code testing requirement
at the FCC, either for the commissioners who regulate Amateur Radio or the
technical experts they rely on.


(snip) However, this discussion is about the AMATEUR
Radio Service. (snip)


No, this discussion is about the code test requirement. How that applies
to Amateur Radio is only one part of that discussion.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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