Tommy,
Where is that about defining the amateur service as a "hobby"? The only
mention of hobby I can find is referencing a petition by Holliday
concerning handicapped individuals on page 7. Is there another hobby
reference I'm missing somewhere?
Paragraph 4 on page 3 clearly defines the amateur service as it
currently exists in the regulations.
73,
Alan N5NA
Tommy wrote:
The dropping of the CW requirement for testing does not bother me.
What DOES bother me a great deal is in this same FCC NPRN, the
definition of the amateur service has 'casually' been redefined. The
amateur service in this NPRN definition, no longer has any ties with
'emergency' or 'public' service, it is defined as a "hobby". How long
do you think it's going to take commercial interest to convince the
FCC to give them the "hobbist" frequencies? To be, that is what WE
should be concerned about in this NPRN.
Tommy - W4BQF
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