[TenTec] FCC says CW dead

[A. Sewell]

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.
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>Tommy - W4BQF
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