Buck wrote in
:

On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 04:11:18 GMT, robert casey
wrote:



2) General Class (Upgrade Techs upon renewal, change of
address, etc.)
Top 2/3 of each cw and ssb band on HF 160, 80, 40, 30, 20, 17,
15,
12, and all 10 meters. Max Power 500 Watts (even in novice
bands)

Power levels are hard to enforce from a remote listening
post. Frequency is easily enforced; that's why they
do subbands for differing license grades.

Full 60 Meter as regulated.
All V/UHF priviliges up to 500 watts.

3) Amateur Extra Class (Upgrade Advanced upon renewal etc.)
All HF VHF and UHF priviliges with 1500 watts. (except 60 or
others as regulated.)
Require element 1 and the same tough exam.

THe FCC was thinking that if they get rid of code tests, that would
reduce workload and administration duties. Keeping code for extras and
not generals doesn't get them this. In which case they may decide to
leave things as is.

This may create incentives for upgrade and reward those who do so.

Earn your priviliges. It isn't impossible.


Just be sure that the things one needs to do to earn the privileges are
revalent to modern ham radio.

I haven't made the proposal and if I did I suspect it would fall on
deaf ears. regardless, it was/is nothing more than my opinion about
something I would think is fair for Amateur Radio with incentive
licensing. without incentive licensing, take one general class exam
and become extra without code.

I didn't file my proposal either. I did have a petition ready to go, but I
wa stalked out of filing it by NCI, as they thought they could get Elemnt 1
abolished without going through this whole NPRM cycle. We all know what
happened to that idea. BTW, where is Carl anyway?


When it comes to the code/no code debate, my response has been
changed. Lately when someone tries to argue it my response has been
"Do away with all code,not for the good of amateur radio, but so this
25 year argument will finally come to an end.


Actually it's been going on for at least 82 years that I know of, but WTH!

If there's one thing that we should all be able to agree on, this is an
argument that can only end in one way, and maybe not even then. As long as
there's a code test there will be an argument. I agree, it needs to be
over.

Your points may be valid, but I can't say what the FCC can and can't
figure out with their equipment. Their equipment is more
sophisticated than most of what I have seen or used.


Buck

Power limits can't be enforced, but they are the right way to distinguish
between ability levels, and different slices of the same band aren't. The
former mitigates the msitakes of the less qualified much more effectively,
and most people are relatively law abiding. If you had to be an Extra to
own a big linear, most people would think twice.

73 de Alun, N3KIP