Thread: What of NCI?
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Old July 8th 03, 11:58 PM
Phil Kane
 
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On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 13:21:41 GMT, wrote:

Actually as a point of interest, and maybe a little trolling,


Okay, I'll bite.

Just WHY should there be testing for a ham license? Isn't limiting
access to the Airwaves to only those who pass some kind of test
Elitist?


Worse, isn't it a violation of the first amendment? Isn't forbidding
me to operate a transmitter the same as forbidding me to operate a
printing press?


No and no. The Supreme Court of the United States has so ruled on
both questions. Let's find a better reason.

As for mode specific questions, they have no business asking me
about modes of operation that I am not interested in.


Right--they should only cover high-power broadcasts, comsat hijacking
and signal-jamming my rivals...


Whatever is important..... but you left out surreptitious hacking of
secure communications.

ggg

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