Wait just a minute. Thanks for the crediting me with authoring a "ruling"
but I'm not doing anything besides giving my opinion in this forum.
That said, I am one who operated at Multi-Multis with less than an Extra
class license and had to endure the humiliation of not being able to operate
beyond my license privileges. You know what I did? I upgraded. Anyone can
- especially now that the tests are nearly meaningless.
Aside from allowing someone to operate with privileges they have not earned,
and perhaps never have a need to upgrade, such an interpretation of the
rules serves no purpose.
Oh, but what about the poor no-code tech who we want to get into real
contesting? Let them work 28.3 to 28.5 on 10m. How about operating
domestic contests? How about Field Day? How about SS? No problems there.
Then, help them upgrade! What's the big deal?
If this is truly an issue, and the FCC interprets it's regulations
differently from what it actually says, then they should revise them to be
more clear.
The recent report on the ARRL website about the individual violation
reflects what I believe to be the correct interpretation of the rules.
See y'all in Dayton.
73,
N5NJ
-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of k1ttt@arrl.net
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 1:31 PM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] license class and m-m op's
> It would be so easy to clear this up.
>
> 73,
> Bob N5NJ
however, many of us have been operating under the reading that was supplied
by the arrl based on the original report and order, the discussion of which
obviously provides more insight into the intention of the rules than the
actual wording. much like interpreting the constitution based on the intent
and discussions in other papers of the time. asking directly for a ruling
has been known to generate an unexpected result and could very well upset
the applecart if the person issuing the ruling happens to have a different
agenda or doesn't completely research the history and other interpretations
that have been done over the years.
so i would say, if its so easy and means so much to you to want to force
multi ops to use a more stringent interpretation that excludes us from
bringing in lower class licensees to experience hf operation, then ask...
but if you get the ruling that you want, expect that there will be many
multi ops who will forever remember n5nj and his ruling.
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