[CW] This is Interesting To Say the Least!

[Dennis Ponsness]

Well, AFTER reading the "new" article on the ARRL site, I can see WHY they 
wanted to "keep it quiet"!

"Maia offered up the possibility of asking the FCC to eliminate the Morse 
testing requirement immediately, easing code exam format restrictions and 
giving serious thought to dropping CW-only subbands as well."

Talk about the other shoe dropping!  In my response from Haynie, he 
stated...

"We also know that the FCC is not going to do anything for some time, 
probably after the first of the year so there is no urgency."

So,as I read it, after the first of the year there will be a NPRM issued and 
God only knows what will be on it.  I would love to see the text of the 
other petitions.  Seems to me that we will have a long, hard fight ahead of 
us.



73

Dennis - WB0WAO

EN84ij Iosco County, Michigan
K2 #3555
FISTS # 9299






>From: "David J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea@arrl.net>
>To: "Thomas Beaudry" <k8la@arrl.net>,"Dennis Ponsness" 
><wb0wao@hotmail.com>,<cw@mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [CW] This is Interesting To Say the Least!
>Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:09:57 -0400
>
>I submitted a comment to the same effect on the eHam Article "It seems to
>Me" written by ARRL President.  I also mentioned that when I was in
>Newington on 9 July and spoke to Dave Sumner, K1ZZ about the code
>requirement - he said nothing about it.  He just changed the subject and
>wouldn't address the WARC and the no-code.
>
>http://www.eham.net/articles/6151
>
>============================
>
>What speaks volumes to me is that there is NOT ONE WORD of the NCVEC
>petition on the front page of www.arrl.org.
>
>Also, since ARRL knew about this, I am surprised that Dave Sumner, K1ZZ
>didn't even mention this when I spoke to him in the main hallway of ARRL on
>9 July 2003. He must have known something was up.
>
>Shouldn't ARRL be our primary news source for matters relating to Amateur
>Radio in the USA?
>
>Right now, there is nothing on the web page - not even a mention of what 
>has
>happened.
>
>73
>David J. Ring, Jr., N1EA
>Life Member ARRL
>
>=================================
>73
>
>DR
>

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