Dee D. Flint wrote:

"N2EY" wrote in message
...

In article . net, "Bill

Sohl"

writes:

Free upgrades for Techs would affect about 322,000 hams. Last year we got

about

20,000 new Techs, so the proposed freebie would affect as many existing

hams as

the new ones we might get in the next 10-15 years.



And how could the existing ham community possibly elmer these 300,000+ new
HF users should they all decide to be active shortly following that free
upgrade. I hate to think of the resulting SSB DX pileups as it is pretty
bad now. If a free upgrade goes through and significant numbers move to HF
within a short period of time, I suspect that we'll see a lot more DX
stations "hiding" in CW.

Of course they won't all become active. I suspect a sizable percentage
will remain on VHF where they are now (tech's).

And if it goes through, since the F.C.C. and the ARRL have decided that
they are qualified, they will need no help.

- Mike KB3EIA -