As I said in a previous post, "nowadays the
FCC finds Amateur Radio to be an annoyance that just won't go away. In
recent years the FCC seems to have said no to any proposal put forth by the ARRL
that would increase the FCC's oversight thereof."
The FCC has no desire, manpower, equipment
or budgetary monies to more closely regulate Amateur Radio or any other
radio service. Beginning in 1994 and still going strong today, the FCC is now
primarily made up of communications attorney's, with a main goal of fostering
increased profits margins for the big corporations, i.e., pushing BPL,
loosening radio station ownership rules, etc.
I think that the FCC would turn over
issuance of amateur radio licensing to the private sector, much like with the
VEC testing system, rather than spend more time and $$$ regulating
us.
KN4LF Amateur & SWL Radio History: http://www.kn4lf.com
KN4LF 160 Meter Propagation Theory Notes: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf8.htm
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