[CW] ARRL License Class Proposal

[Jim Reid]

Seems to me the FCC has been pretty much
ignoring the ARRL petitions for some time.

Gave them a complete cold shoulder about
the ARRL restructuring proposals back in
1999;  the FCC restructuring document of the 
Spring of 2000 used NONE of the ARRL
proposals.  Next the ARRL submitted another
request for "Novice refarming" petition, RM-10413, 
but the FCC has not yet acted on that petition.  This
petition was submitted by ARRL some 2 years ago;
the FCC is obviously quite impressed by ARRL
BOD ideas,  hi!

I suspect that what the FCC decides to do about the
present situation will again not include the ARRL
ideas;  more probably they will again go along with
the "independent" petitions submitted by many 
others on the issue.  I hope they pay some attention to
the FISTS petition ideas and incorporate some of
those in their proposed Report and Order.

Wonder when that might come out.  I submitted supporting
comments about the FISTS petition long ago.

73,  Jim  KH7M