"special training" ??? what does that mean? ability to read and write? Bernie ----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Chester" <k4...@charter.net> To: <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 1:59 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] FCC engineers
>> One of Bill Clinton's endeavors with the federal government was to change >> it to a social club of sorts. It became necessary to hire as needed, >> individuals who >would fill out the social makeup of gender, race, and >> sexual orientation. If a highly qualified Caucasian male was hired or >> promoted, a letter had to be written, >>outlining why any member of the aforementioned groups, was not selected >>for >>a position. Today, in many technical jobs the government is involved in, >> >management and upper management meets the social goals, but are mostly >>full of incompetents. The FCC is in that group. So is the FAA, which is >>a >>good >reason to drive yourself or take the train. >> >> Charlie, W4MEC in NC > > > This pre-dates the Clinton era by at least a decade. Remember, one of > the > reasons the FCC gave for the change to a one-size-fits-all AM power limit > rule was that the number of active AM'ers on the air did not justify the > costs of the "special training" that would be necessary, to teach FCC > field > inspectors how to use different power standards for measuring AM and SSB > transmitter power. > > This rulemaking proposal was released in 1982 as I recall. I still have a > thick folder full of paperwork from that proceeding on file. > > Don k4kyv > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > This message was typed using the DVORAK keyboard layout. > > http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/ > http://gigliwood.com/abcd/ > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
