[RTTY] (fwd) ARLB007 FCC Invites Comments on ARRL Petition That Seeks 80/75 Meter Adjustments

[Bob Burns W9BU]

Peter, not sure if you are being sarcastic, but there are 12,891 current
Novice license holders in the U.S. That represents approximately 2% of the
nearly 800,000 total U.S. license holders. Whether or not those Novices are
active is a point of argument that is difficult to back up with facts.

By comparison, there are 393,000 Technicians (49%), 183,000 Generals (23%),
53,000 Advanced (7%), and 144,000 Extras (18%). Given that nearly half of
the licensees are Technicians, granting them additional privileges on the HF
bands could have an impact on band usage.

My source is the AE7Q.com web site which draws its data from the FCC ULS.

http://ae7q.com/query/stat/LicenseUSA.php

Bob...


> -----Original Message-----
> From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Peter Laws
> Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 11:58 AM
> To: RTTY Reflector <rtty at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] (fwd) ARLB007 FCC Invites Comments on ARRL Petition
> That Seeks 80/75 Meter Adjustments
> 
> 
> I finally looked at this.  I would support this if it did not include
digital
> privileges for Technicians (and the 27 remaining Novices).  If that single
> portion -- absent from ARRL's bulletin -- were removed I would be
> wholeheartedly in favor of it given that the 2006 boundary change was
> almost certainly a typographical error.
> 
> Technicians will *not* be encouraged to upgrade by giving them more
> privileges as Technicians.  Have you looked at the Element 3 question
pool?
> There is, basically, no barrier to upgrading.  Anyone who claims there is
hasn't
> read the pool.  If they've read through the pool, they are probably going
to
> pass the test.  You want more privileges?  Upgrade.  It has, literally,
never
> been easier.
> 
> Unfortunately, the FCC isn't into nuance and can't be counted on to
> implement only the good part of this petition, so I am against it in its
entirety.
> 
> 
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