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20's and I knew Percy Maxim personally and I sure
liked the old man. He would no t have approved
this action of the ARRL.
The AR RL knew they had made a mistake afte r
they made this proposa l but th ey were not big enough
to admit it and we nt alo ng with the hope the
IT C would have the good sense not to approve it .
This was proved by the futile way they have tried
to justify and defend it eve n saying they did it just
to create a contro versy. How insane has an organization
to become before it is committed? T hey
don't have to be . they have committed suicide by
themselves- "Give a fool enough rope , etc:'
Wayne, fo r your information, th is incentive licensing
has do ne much harm in many ways. J
would like to mention a few instances that have
come to my attention. I have a local friend that
has been a ham for many, many years; he is sixty
years old and has been very active in the past in the
local radio club, on the TVI committee, etc., and has
given many hours of code and theory classes a nd
has man y local hams th at owe him for their tickets.
He has always been a general and is a retired dentist.
Well, he went to Miam i and took the Extra exam.
He passed the CW but failed the theory. This was
very emba rrassing to hi m and he has given up co m­
pletely-I never hear him on the air anymore and he
gave me four big boxes of parts and eq uipment- the
contents of his junk box. You see, the ARR L has
caused us to lose a very fme amateur. This is just
one case I know abou t, there must be thousands of
othe rs that have just given up because of this irresponsible
act of the ARRL and the FCC. In the interest
of amateu r radio, I think you should still
fight fo r the rescinding of this provision that has
been fo rced on us.
One of your arguments can be that ama teur
radio is truly world-wide and international and th at
it is unfair to the USA amateurs to be restricted by
special examination fro m use of parts of the bands
that other countries do not restrict. Amateur radio
is internatio nal and t he rules should be international-
this is only fair play.
For example, thi s has bro ught about another
problem that of reciprocal licensing. We have here
in South Florida a lot of retired Canadian hams
that live here pe rmanently but because they are
Canadians, have their VE calls and the Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla., USA, address in the Canadian call book.
Now, with this incentive licensing that t hey do not
have in Canada they do not know what parts of the
bands they can use legally in the US. VE3Cl/W4
Heith Love tal ked with me about this situa tion the
other day; it affect s him. So you see, this unnccessary
act is causing many problems that did not exist
before and have no need to exist now- it should be
rescinded.
Needless to say, I am no longer a member of the
ARRL. An organization that willfully disrespects
the majority of its membership is not a democratic
organization.
Many of those 6000 Ex tra Class are old timers
that grandfathered in and have not been on the air
for many years; we have several locally.
Wayne, I wonder what has hap pened to the old
steam in you-why has the fir e gone out? Have you
given up and joined the opposition? God help us!
George Taylor. W4PZS
1133 S.W, Fifth Place
Fort Lauderdale. Florida
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