[KYHAM] Fwd: Re: [CW] W5YI groups suggestions on ham radio licensing

[Anthony W. DePrato]

this is off the cw list but i think it should be on interest to all
73 Tony


>In a message dated 3/30/2004 1:14:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, N7DC@cs.com 
>writes:
> >
> > The W5YI VEC group is the second largest group giving the tests.   At 
> that, they are small potatoes, against the number of ARRL VEC testing 
> sessions.    And yes, I do believe they are the ones that wrote the 
> proposal, with ARRL and maybe a few others abstaining.
>
>This is all spelled out in the "Amateur Radio In The 21st Century" paper 
>by KL7CC. W5YI and 2 or 3 others wrote the proposal.
>
> >I dont know what it is with the ARRL and the absententions.  Certainly 
> our ARRL representatives have the power to vote since they are going into 
> these meetings, knowing what is suppose to be happening.  If they dont, 
> then they shouldnt be there.
> >
> > The percentage of W5YI tests that have been queried, and even set aside 
> during the past few years, should have told the ARRL something, but they 
> apparently are willing to overlook a lot, in order to abdicate what 
> should be their responsibility in giving the tests in the first place.
>
>The problem goes back to the beginnings of the VE system.
>
>When FCC decided to get out of the business of giving tests, it seemed 
>like a natural that ARRL would take over that function. But some folks (I 
>think W5YI among them) protested, saying it would give ARRL a monopoly of 
>some sort, stifle dissent, etc. In any aevent the main beef was that they 
>didn't want to have to go through ARRL to take a license test.
>
>So FCC made the rules such that almost anybody could set up a VEC. Of 
>course most VEs simply signed up with ARRL, but other, independent VECs 
>sprang up too. And of course their needed to be a coordinating body to 
>make sure procedures were reasonably identical among VE sessions, so NCVEC 
>was formed. And as a coordinating group it's done a pretty good job these 
>past 20 years. In similar fashion, the QPC (Question Pool Committee) was 
>created.
>
>
> >  The whole thing stinks to high heaven, and to have any group 
> pontificate as if they represented me, makes me very angry.  They 
> respresent only themselves.  They are not an open membership group.  We 
> as individuals did not elect or appoint them in any leadership at all, 
> and they should butt out of indicating any such thing. That is one thing 
> that needs to be made very clear when we respond to the FCC.
>
>I agree 100%. The few folks who wrote that proposal (and the one before 
>it) clearly have an agenda to turn NCVEC into something far different than 
>a coordinating body for VECs.
> >
> > The very idea that a licensed amateur radio operator, including those 
> holding the lowest grade of license, would not be allowed to build or 
> repair his own equipment is completely contrary to amateur radio history 
> and would not bode well for our service.
>
>The idea (with the "30 volt rule") are very bad for a host of reasons:
>
>1) It's an insult to the intelligence of new hams
>2) It's unenforceable
>3) It limits the equipment choices of new hams unnecessarily.
>4) It raises the cost of getting on the air.
>5) It is illogical, in that a new ham can do all sorts of electrical work 
>without any license at all (hollow-state receivers, house rewiring, even a 
>power supply for the rig that runs on house current) but cannot use a rig 
>that puts more than 30 volts on the finals.
> >
> > The adaption of rules allowing certain non-CW licensing is abhorent and bad
> > enough, but now they want to do away with it entirely, thus again 
> moving away from historical precedents for which
> > amateurs are known.
>
>Read the "21st Century" paper. All will be made clear about what they 
>really want. It's not pretty.
>
>73 de Jim, N2EY

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