"N2EY" wrote:

(snip) The idea isn't that they'll have a high
level of expertise right off, but that they'll reach
that level through the 'incentive' of having to
either upgrade or leave the air. (snip)


To me, the entire idea is a solution seeking a problem. Since I don't
think the current license holders are lacking, I don't see any real benefit
(and I don't think the FCC will either). Regardless, his proposal would
require a complete re-write of all the rules relating to license class, when
a single sentence added to the existing rules would accomplish virtually the
same thing - "All license holders, except Extra, must obtain the next higher
license class within five years of obtaining their current license." Another
sentence might describe what will happen if that doesn't occur.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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