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				 Have any of you mailed this to your ARRL Division directors and SM's yet? 
 
			
			Ed wrote:No more automatic renewals. Individuals must retest and pass all
 elements required for their license class.
 
 
 The passing score for written exams needs to be raised to 85%.
 
 
 Code elements should be 13 wpm for General, and 20 wpm for Extra.
 
 
 Make the no-code Tech license one year non-renewable.
 
 
 
 You forgot one item....    abolish the VEC program and mandate that
 all candidates must test at an FCC Field Office.
 
 
 Also, it would be nice to abolish transistors and madate using only
 tubes, too!    :^)
 
 
 
 Ed   K7AAT
 
 Tubes are for appliance operators...real hams use SPARK!!!  Hmm, wonder what
 a spark-gap transmitter would do to a BPL Internet deployment.  Might have
 to try...
 
 
 
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