K=D8HB wrote:
"Bill Sohl" wrote

I would personally oppose any such move and, I believe, I
am familiar enough with the other NCI directors to safely
say that none of them want relaxation of test requirements
for written.


Bill,

Just to make sure I had not mis-characterized the NCI position, I checked=
their
comments to RM-10867, on file at FCC's web site. My recollection was acc=
urate,
in that it expressed unconditional support of the proposal for free upgra=
des.

In my veiw such granting of instant upgrades from Technician to General f=
or
almost a third-of-a-million licensees would make a mockery of the written
examinations..

in your view ok doesn't make it so

In mine for example giving the upgrade esp to those who have held the
leicense while it produces a retification of past in justices but the
FCC disagreed which isn't going to bother NCI or NCI members


Today the General exam requires passing two 35-question written examinati=
ons,
and the Technician requires passing only the simpler of those two exams.

The ARRL petition would essentially grant a one-time waiver of the second
(harder) of the examinations, in effect holding a one-day sale of "half-p=
rice"
General licenses to these 330,000 licensees. This is not some trivial "on=
e-time
adjustment" --- in fact if it were adopted, the vast majority of the Gene=
ral
licensees would never have successfully passed the test required for that
license class!

incorrect if they received the license then would have passed the
required test


In the world of "unintended consequence" the effect of this give-away wou=
ld be
that the commission would have ipso-facto established that today's Techni=
cian
examination is perfectly adequate for a General class license, and the

not really just would ahve showed, If the FCC had done it, that time in
service was also of value

credibility of the qualification structure in the Amateur Radio Service w=
ould be
destroyed (especially since these "new" Generals would presumably now rec=
eive
credit for the "General" written element when they proceed to upgrade to =
Extra).

of course they would and their would be no more or less credibility
than the current system their are always thoose saying the new license
holder did not earn it, nothing the FCC could have done and nothing
they can do will do change that

=20
73, de Hans, K0HB