"KØHB" wrote in message
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"Bill Sohl" wrote

I'm certainly hoping it isn't relaxation of the other test
requirements!

I would personally oppose any such move and, I believe, I
am familiar enough with the other NCI directors to safely
say that none of them want relaxation of test requirements
for written.

NCI Executive Director Carl Stevenson is on record as an enthusiastic
supporter of free passes for all Novices and Tech to General, and all
Advanced to Extra without further testing. As I recall, NCI submitted
official comments of this nature to the FCC. Sure smacks of "relaxation of
test requirement for written" to me.

The support is/was for ONE-TIME free upgrades as proposed by
the ARRL petition and one or two others. No support was
given to any permananent relaxation of written tests by NCI.

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK