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

JD Delancy [email protected]
Sun, 12 Oct 2003 21:27:37 -0400


Interesting overview.  You should read it.

Thanks to AL7FS for allowing me to share with you.

    jd
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Larsen" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 12:55 AM
Subject: [KL7AA] Amateur Radio in the 21st Century - AKA no-code and other
license plans for the future.]


> 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
>
> <Preview of 1st paragraph>
>
> 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.
>