In article , Dick Carroll
writes:

Jim:

Like it or not, we're definitely heading in that direction. I'd like to
think
it's possible to hold the line somewhere, but in light of the fact that
abolition of the code testing requirement is almost a sure thing, the
rest of the dominoes will surely fall shortly thereafter. Once they do,
we'll most likely experience a major loss of spectrum allocations in
the ARS. Ironically, that will surely happen in the regions above
500 MHz, where there hasn't been any code testing at all for over
a decade.


Don't forget BPL and all that goes with. Just because Cmsr Powell may
leave doesn't mean it goes too. The less ham radio is percieved to have
full value the less important it is to protect it and where it lives.

Dick

Dick:

I agree. And the best way to prove that the ARS has less than "full
value" is to continue to reduce licensing standards.

73 de Larry, K3LT