Lenof21 wrote:
In article , Mike Coslo
writes:

N2EY wrote:

In article , Mike Coslo
writes:


The pubs have found the way to clean up congress:

http://tinyurl.com/5w3ct


Fascinating!

I wonder why they want to change that standard?

The immediate purpose is to get Tom DeLay out of his ethics
situation.

What has that to do with Amateur Radio Policy in the USA?

Goes to the mindset of the administration in power.

Did DeLay's name come up on Riley Hollingsworth's latest List?

Perhaps you'd like something more directly connected to FCC rules and
regulations for the amateur radio service:

Lenof21 previously wrote:

All licensees are perfectly legal to continue operating in
their grace period.

That's simply not true.

To quote FCC rules:

"97.21(b) A person whose amateur station license grant has expired may
apply to the FCC for renewal of the license grant
for another term during a 2 year filing grace period. The application
must be received at the address specified above prior to the end of the
grace period.
Unless and until the license grant is renewed, no privileges in this
Part are conferred."

Last sentence says it all: "Unless and until the license grant is
renewed, no privileges in this Part are conferred."

FCC amateur licenses have 10 year terms, and if a license is allowed to
expire without a renewal application being filed, the licensee *cannot*
legally operate until the license is renewed.

Do you agree or disagree, Len?

You also wrote:

There is no necessity (nor sense) to eliminate those in the
grace period from those in the normal 10-year license period from
any class totals.

Sure there is - their licenses are expired and they cannot operate.

If you want to include expired-but-in-the-grace-period licensees in the
totals, go right ahead. But be sure to indicate that you are doing so,
unless *you* want to "massage" the numbers.