[KL7AA] Amateur Radio in the 21st Century - AKA no-code and other license plans for the future.]

[Jim Larsen]

There is a comprehensive overview available of the thoughts behind the NCVEC
plan for Amateur Radio in the 21st Century.  There are some good points within
and each of you may find the article interesting, maybe even opinion changing.

Check it out at:
http://www.qsl.net/al7fs/  It is the second item in the Table of Contents.

73, Jim
Jim Larsen, AL7FS
Anchorage, Alaska
http://www.qsl.net/al7fs

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Amateur Radio in the 21st Century

Prepared by Jim Wiley KL7CC, with assistance from other members of the
committee working on changes to the US Amateur rules in response to changes in
the international regulations that occurred at the World Radio Conference,
2003.    It is intended as a way to help fellow Amateur Radio operators
understand some of the thought processes that led us to where we are today.
It is not a statement of the way things will end up, but rather it is simply a
plan, subject to change and improvement.   It is, in a word, someplace to
start.   Should any of these ideas actually reach the stage where a formal
petition for rule-making is filed before the FCC, we encourage you to file
comments either in support or in opposition, as you see fit.