N2EY wrote:
Mike Coslo wrote in message ...


some snippage



Just cabin fever, Jim.


Maybe. Or maybe, like some other rrap denizens, he resorts to anger
when lacking a logical counterargument.

I'd hope not. But it is possible. There is an interesting debate style
for sure. I've only been called stupid by two people here. Lenover21 and
Hans..... Umm, yes, your point!


wait till the RM comments....

Which brings up an interesting point....

Back in the ancient time, FCC essentially said they weren't going to
do
anything until the amateur community came to a consensus on changes.
That
all changed with the NPRM for 98-143.

It appears that folks in the ARRL BoD and Hq, as well as a few others,
knew that something was brewing at FCC, and put out proposals just
before
the NPRM hit the streets. But most of us did not know what was brewing
until proposals and the NPRM started to fly.

Then came all the comments, etc, and finally the Report and Order in
December
1999.

This time, it's quite a bit different. S25.5 is essentially gone, and
FCC does...nothing. 14 petitions from various groups, some of them
almost exactly identical (NCI and NCVEC), hit FCC, and they assign RM
numbers in batches of 7, and take comments.

Now comes the ARRL proposal. And maybe more, like Hans. Been over six
months since folks came home from Geneva and.....no rules changes.

See the difference?

The first ARRL website/QST story said the process would take 2 years.
I scoffed - now I'm wondering if they might be right!

Wanna do a proposal, Mike? Everybody else is!


My proposal would not be anywhere near as radical as the others going
around. And yes, I do think that ARRL's proposal is radical. Hans'
proposal, with all its quirks, is much more consistent and rewarding of
knowledge than the league's idea. If it were a choice between the two,
I'd choose Hans' proposal in a second.

Maybe I'll write something up, and bounce it off you.

- Mike KB3EIA -