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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 94 04:30:05 PDT
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Ham-Policy Digest           Tue, 19 Apr 94       Volume 94 : Issue  176

Today's Topics:
                     ARRL rpt on preferred calls
                      LICENSING DELAYS (2 msgs)

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Date: 14 Apr 94 21:31:16 GMT
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!darwin.sura.net!pegasus.cc.ucf.edu!pegasus.cc.ucf.edu![e-mail]
Subject: ARRL rpt on preferred calls
To: [e-mail]

While contemplating bellybuttons prvalko spake thusly:

> Naturally, coming from Newington (in the 1 district) I would expect this
> from their committee.  1 area and 0 area calls are the most desireable
> as the most easily spell english language words.  For example :

> 73 =paul= wb ==> 8 <== zjl

   Who in their right mind would want a 1 or 0 call?

                                        John -=- kr4ah.

         Disclaimer:  I am not responsible for the actions of
                      any Alpha-Hotels other than myself.

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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 15:32:03 GMT
From: swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!master.cs.rose-hulman.edu![e-mail]
Subject: LICENSING DELAYS
To: [e-mail]

    The following letter was sent to our Indiana, Federal government
represenatives.

Honerable Richard G. Lugar
Senator

Honerable Dan Coats
Senator

Honerable John T. Myers
Congressman

Dear Senator Lugar

    I am writing to you concerning the excessively long delays in
processing by the Federal Communications Commision Licensing branch at
Gettysburg Pennsylvania.  This office processes all of the Amateur
Radio Service,s requests as per FCC form # 610.  As of this date this
office is informing telephone callers that the processing delays are
running 14 to 16 weeks!  I understand this office has four personnel
to process all form 610 applications.  This would include any changes
to existing amateur licenses, as well as thousands of new license
applications.  Typically in past years, this processing time ran two
to three weeks.
    For your information, The Amateur Radio service self-administers
all testing for new licenses.  This is accomplished at no cost to
the government by trained and certified volunteers.  At dozens of
testing sites across the country,  Volunteer Examiners then forward
on to Gettysburg the 610 forms for new amateurs after carefully
checking for correctness.  As of this date approximately 27 persons
just from the Terre Haute, Indiana area alone are waitig for
licenses.  Many of these took testing sessions late last year.  I
personally am not awaiting action by this office,  but I have a group
of Boy Scouts who have been studying since last fall to receive their
amateur licenses and are becoming very discouraged by this unnecessary
delay.  Nationwide there must be hundreds of individules waiting for
action from this office.
     I'm sure I don't need to tell you of the invaluable service the
Amateur Fraternity provides to the nation daily.  This service is
practially self-administered and self-disiplined.
    I remember a commanding officer in the submarine service telling
his junior officers:  Don't bring me problems, bring me solutions!!
I beleive we have a very quick and simple solution based upon the
Amateurs nearly century-long record of national service.
    If the American Radio Relay League, ARRL, the national association
of amateur radio operators, were to ask for and coordinate volunteers
from the area near Gettysburg to come to the office there and
assist the personnel in catching up the backlog, this would happen
quickly, and at no cost to the government.  I'm sure someone could
come up with a thousand excuses why this wouldn't work, but everyone
is tired of excuses.
    Senator Lugar, will you please get behind this solution also?
We are asking all Amateur Radio operators across the nation to contact
their national repersentatives and request this solution be
implemented immediately.

                        Sincerely
                        Dave Gahimer  K9ZCE

END OF LETTER

Please feel free to copy and ammend/change this to send to your national
represenatives.  Its OUR government folks!  It is what we let it be.
It will only change if we make enough noise to make it change.
I understand changes are in the planning stages, that doesn't get anything
accomplished NOW.
                    DAVE

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Date: 18 Apr 1994 15:50:24 -0700
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!ccnet.com!ccnet.com![e-mail]
Subject: LICENSING DELAYS
To: [e-mail]

EE DEPT NOVELL SUPERVISOR ([e-mail]) wrote:
:     The following letter was sent to our Indiana, Federal government
: represenatives.
........
:     If the American Radio Relay League, ARRL, the national association
: of amateur radio operators, were to ask for and coordinate volunteers
: from the area near Gettysburg to come to the office there and
: assist the personnel in catching up the backlog, this would happen
: quickly, and at no cost to the government.  I'm sure someone could
: come up with a thousand excuses why this wouldn't work, but everyone
: is tired of excuses.
:     Senator Lugar, will you please get behind this solution also?
: We are asking all Amateur Radio operators across the nation to contact
: their national repersentatives and request this solution be
: implemented immediately.

:                         Sincerely
:                         Dave Gahimer  K9ZCE

: END OF LETTER

Of course this would then apply to all backlogged branches of government.

Dear Senator Tidewater,

The backlog of licencing Nuclear Power Plants is staggering. The process
is taking up to ten years now. The Nuclear Power lobby has a pool of
qualified individuals who could come over and process these applications
in days.

Senator, there are people who need electric power in your rural districts
who may have to wait up to ten years, unless we can do something NOW.

We hope you get behind this popular initive and let us serve you.

:)       :)      ;)      ;)

Bob

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Date: 18 Apr 1994 17:55:40 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!umd5.umd.edu![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>en.u
Subject : Re: Incentive Licensing

In article <[e-mail]>,
Tom Dement  <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Bill Turner <[e-mail]> writes:
>
>>To understand what's going on you really need to know where the old
>>timers are coming from.  It's not CW, it's not phone, it's not packet.
>>What it is is the special status of being a licensed radio operator.
...
> One last more desparate note, If we dio not get more "young blood" in this
>hobby, we are gonna lose our places in the radio spectrum faster than you can
>key SOS.

These appear to be contradictory perspectives.  Either you are going
to reserve the special status, or you are going to attract more people.

Let me give you an example...  I've been thinking about getting into
ham radio.  I was thinking about it because I'm interested in building
some devices that use video (real time or slow scan) and
telemetry/telecommand.  Some sort of packet protocol would be suitable.

I understand this will take a bit of study to get a better knowledge
of radio-electronics (rather than digital).  But I have to learn morse
code?  That's like telling somebody "Yes, we're going to let you type on
this word processor, but FIRST, you have to prove you can make your
own quill pen and ink."

I don't particularly have a problem with people wanting to make
their own quills or with them wanting to communicate in morse code.
They are both things people do for fun.  But for me, it is just an
artificial barrier that makes the whole thing less attractive.

Maybe the code requirement is supposed to keep me out.  But if it
is, don't be afraid to say it.

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Date: 18 Apr 94 20:01:55 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!modem65.ucdavis.edu![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <2ouhis$[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: Incentive Licensing

In article <2ouhis$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Mark Sienkiewicz) writes:

>Let me give you an example...  I've been thinking about getting into
>ham radio.  I was thinking about it because I'm interested in building
>some devices that use video (real time or slow scan) and
>telemetry/telecommand.  Some sort of packet protocol would be suitable.
My suggestion would be to go down to Radio Shack or a ham radio store in your
area and get a study guide.  I can't imagine you are going to do any high
speed packet or real time video in the hf bands and there is no morse code
requirement for access to all the VHF and higher bands.

>I understand this will take a bit of study to get a better knowledge
>of radio-electronics (rather than digital).  But I have to learn morse
>code?  That's like telling somebody "Yes, we're going to let you type on
>this word processor, but FIRST, you have to prove you can make your
>own quill pen and ink."
Pretty stupid at times.  There have to be some form of examination precess to
keep regulation and keep the parts of amateur radio that we all enjoy. For now
this includes Morse code.  Flaming here won't change that, nor will it change
anyone's mind.  If you really want to cause change get together with a few
like minded friends and write a petition.  If the FCC starts receiving a
couple hundred well thought out proposals a year to eliminate or restructure
the Morse Code portion of the amateur radio exams they will eventually take
action.

cheres,
Dan
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