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July 31st 03, 09:27 PM

ospam (Larry Roll K3LT) wrote in message ...
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(Brian) writes:

Dan:

Good point. And the PCTA's may not need to lift a finger. After all,
the FCC just went to a great deal of time and expense to restructure
the U.S. amateur radio licensing system,

A recurring review was and is required. Do you know how often they
must review the regs?

Brian:

Every four years. Which means that the present Element 1 code test has
at least until April 15, 2004, plus the time it takes for the 2004 Quadrenneal
Review, then the time it takes for the FCC to review any Petitions for
Rulemaking I may have received, then the time it would take for the NPRM,
comment, and reply comment process to take place. Code testing could
probably go on for anywhere from 2 to 4 years from now. I never said that
it wouldn't be eliminated, just that it isn't a "front-burner" issue for the
FCC.

and may not be all that
motivated to go through that process again in such short order.

They don't have a choice. It's called a mandate.

What mandate? Who is "mandating" the elimination of code testing?
The ITU left it up to the individual administrations whether or not they would
require code testing in their country's ARS licensing system. There is
no "mandate" to eliminate it whatsoever.

Calm down, Larry. The review is mandated. And the FCC already said
that the only reason they kept the code exam was the ITU requirement.
There is no longer an ITU requirement, so during the next review...

Since
they felt that the 5 WPM test requirement was acceptable to those
who would have burdened them with medical waiver requests had they
kept a higher speed code test, they will not likely see any need to
start the whole NPRM comment/reply ball rolling again very soon.

You haven't been paying attention.

The things I'm posting would give an unbiased observer the exact
opposite impression.

They did not "feel" that the 5wpm exam was acceptable. They "felt"
that it was required by the ITU.

Brian