Brenda Ann wrote:
I want them gone, gov't bureaucrats are enough to put up with, private
sector idiots sneaking into gov't regs, rules, exams and policy is much
more than any citizen should endure. I already pay taxes to have these
things taken care of, they don't need to hire maids and butlers to do
their work ...

Well, most of us don't. Fact is, there are very very few FCC field offices
left. People from Oregon would have to go to Seattle or San Francisco to
take their tests (as would hams from Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, etc.. )
I was fortunate when I originally got my ham ticket that the Portland field
office was still in existance. It's no longer there. Most can't take the
time off work in the middle of the week to drive 200 miles (more or less,
from Portland to Seattle) just to take a test. With the Volunteer Examiner
program, it allows hams to take tests usually at a place within a few miles
of their own home town, with flexible times, usually on a weekend when they
don't have to give up valuable work time.

Well, I feel for ya Brenda Ann ...

But trading convenience for right is a mistake ... but then, you already
know that.

Warmest regards,
JS