From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!eisx!whuxlb!mkg Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Title: Re: Code-Free Comments Draft Article-I.D.: whuxlb.1025 Posted: Thu Mar 10 22:45:08 1983 Received: Sat Mar 12 05:03:03 1983 References: eagle.822 Phil's comments and suggestions are by far the best and most thought provoking of any I've seen on no code licenses. For too long all discussion has been centered around the "digital" no code license while overlooking (ignoring) other types of experimentation. When I first started in ham radio, I had lots of fun and learned quite a bit while playing with a converted APX-6 on 1296 mHz (it was fun to communicate 5 miles across town with a 1.5 inch antenna on both ends). I think it is vital to the future of ham radio to encourage all types of experimentation--not just digital. I especially like the suggestion for two flavors of license with different levels of difficulty and the use of existing theory exams for them. I think its time that the FCC should do something to encourage technical development instead of continually discouraging it. Marsh Gosnell AD2H whuxlb!mkg