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- QST, February 1989, page 9 =
- Throughout the deregulatory 1980s, the amateur rules kept getting longer and
- longer. This led to another effort by Commission staff, PR Docket No. 88139.
- The basic outline of the FCC proposed rewrite looked pretty good, but closer
- examination uncovered some real zingers that were clearly unacceptable.
- At this point it was very tempting simply to oppose the rewrite initiative
- once again, and to stick with the old rules. That they were far from perfect
- was widely acknowledged, but Better the devil you know than the one you dont.
- However, a special committee of the ARRL Board had been given responsibility
- for developing a recommended detailed position, and the committee saw across
- the board opposition as a lost opportunity to engineer a significant
- improvement in the amateur rules. Over the summer and fall, with the help of
- ARRL staff, they devoted hundreds of hours to rewriting the rules so they
- would reflect good public policy toward Amateur Radio. The result, styled as
- Part 96 to avoid confusion with the old rules was submitted to FCC on
- November 29. +
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