lifted Len
Scorecard in the NCTA v. PCTA Amateur Opinions on NPRM 05-143:


As of 26 Oct 05, WT Docket 05-235 Comments on Test Element 1
Elimination/Retention tabulation:


ALL to Date Since FR Notice
-------------- ---------------
Grand Total 3096 1120


Indeterminate (note 1) 194 83


Value for Percentages 2902 1037


Against NPRM (note 2) 910 [31.36%] 355 [34.23%]
For NPRM (note 3) 1510 [52.03%] 474 [45.71%]
Test Extra Only (note 4) 482 [16.61%] 208 [20.06%]


Tabulation in agreement with FCC ECFS as of 11 AM EDT 27 Oct 05.


Notes:

the figure of 600-700 thousand UShams is bandied about

the number of coments file is roughly one half of one percent of all
Hams (assuing that only Hams have filed comments)

a figure of 100 or so thousand is thrown around for the ARRL (i'll
100k to make my math easier

if one assumed all the coments were filed by arrl members (clearly
false but but assume it for sec) less than one in 10 ARRL members has
seen fit to coment (roughly 3 %)

if one asumes instead that the proportions of ARRL vs non memebers is
rough of that ham population as a whole then of course only a very
smal proportion of the arrl memebership cared enoughto even coment and
they should know it is going on

instad let us assume that all Procode commenet are ARRL members then
1.5% of the arrl is procode enough to even bother filing coments

I am truely glad this is no vote
the turn out would be seen as pathetic
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