"Len Over 21" wrote in message
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In article , "Carl R. Stevenson"
writes:

Well, there are SEVEN petitions for rulemaking posted by the
FCC for retention of code testing...in addition to the seven posted
for the elimination of code testing.

In the first group, there is only five petitions that request deletion
of all code exams. The Beauregard petition, RM-10781, retains
the 5 wpm code exam for both General and Extra. The Reich,
RM-10784, retains it for Extra.


Those for code test retention are RM-10805 through RM-10811
inclusive. The most glaring of the "stuck-in-the-past emotional
attachment to old ways" is Napurano's RM-10806. A classic,
almost, in the gratuitous glorification of morse beyond reasonable
bounds of the state of the art of radio of 30 years ago. It exceeds
morse glorification of FISTS' RM-10811 document. :-)

Roux' petition of RM-10810 is split on code test necessity, only
extras having code tests.

I've already filed Comments on all 14. The others in here seem
content with just jawing and hollering among themselves... :-)

Excellent comments. Thanks for taking the time to file.

LK

In article , "lk"
writes:

Roux' petition of RM-10810 is split on code test necessity, only
extras having code tests.

I've already filed Comments on all 14. The others in here seem
content with just jawing and hollering among themselves... :-)

Excellent comments. Thanks for taking the time to file.

Larry, it's interesting to see the "mix" of RMs. Seven essentially for
the elimination of the code test, seven essentially for its retention.
I observe some deliberate picking of what to make into a released
RM on some curious "equal-sized-teams" contest.

What the public does NOT get a chance to see easily is how many
petitions for change actually arrived at the FCC. All the public can
see is what is officially selected for issuance. It's difficult to find out
what RMs exist unless there is an ex officio communications means
elsewhere to let everyone know.

The FCC is attempting to be fair in the "7 versus 7" in my opinion.
All are, or were, open for Comment. Comments on 98-143 are still
open for Internet access even though those comments were supposed
to cease on 15 January 1999. :-) Been about a half thousand
comments on 98-143 _since_ official closure.

One thing for su The FCC now has a quick and easy procedure
for Comment upload from either "manual" entry (on-line) or via
prepared documents in five file formats. That's a good thing for all.
Making sensible/logical commentary is quite another thing... :-)

LHA