And a brief editorial comment

It appears from this R&O, that for the 2nd time in two years, the FCC has gone in a direction completely opposite to that promoted by the ARRL.

Last year, the ARRL proposed that voluntary bandplans should be made mandatory. That proposal was opposed unanimously, as I recall, with not one comment filed in favor of the ARRL's proposal.

In this license restructuring process, the ARRL wanted to retain 4 license classes and to maintain much higher telegraphy proficiency requirements.

A very quick overview indicates that the ARRL has been largely ignored. This sequence of events reaffirms that the ARRL is out of touch with mainstream Amateur Radio in the U.S. today. Watch for fall out from this R&O to slam into the ARRL. Will the ARRL "Get it" finally?

Ed, KF7VY
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