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MACALIE ROMAN 5~~4s
OFFICE of TM ~ECRETARV, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COmMlSSlON
1919 "M" STREET N W, Room 222
WASHINGTON DC 20554

DEAR TIRS:

IN THE MATTER of 1998 BIENNIAL REGULATORV REVIEW -- AMENDMENT of PART 97 of
THE Commlsslon's AmATEuR ~ERUICE RULES, FCC WT DOCKET 98-143.

i FIND THE &?RL'S PROPOSAL FOR RESTRUCTURING TttE &IATEUR RADIO LICENSE
CLASSES ACCEPTABLE AND APPROPRIATE FOR OUR TIMES.   1 WOULD PREFER A SIMPLER
SVSTEM, WHICH WOULD MeIKE ONLV TWO CLASSES: "CODE", PROPOSED CLASSES "A> B, 81
c"; AND *'NO-CODE", PROPO5ED CLASS "0".

WE NEED TO PUT THE TEETH INTO ENFORCEMENT POLICIES: THE LAST THING WE NEED
IS ANOTHER 11 METER BAND CC B BAND).  PERttclPS MORE PEOPLE ARE NEEDED TO GET
THE JOB DOlYE.

THE WRITTEM TESTS SHOULD BE TOUGHER AND lqCLuDE QUESTIONS ON OPERATING
PROCEDURES clND DIGITAL MODE OPERATION.

f URTHER o i WOULD LIKE To SEE Ti-tE OPENING OF cl vi-f BrlND. WE ,4RE SEE I NG OTHER
COUNTRIES ALLOWING AMATEUR OPERATORS PRIVILEGES IN THE 30 TO 200 #tZ RANGE.
WE Do ISAVE THE 1750 METER BAND (160 - 180 KHz) WHICH S~~OULD DEfiriifELV BE
G I UEN AMATEUR STATUS.  A SMRED BAND FROM 30 TO 250 KHZ WOULD ALLOW THE
EXPLORATION Of d FORGOTTEN SEGMENT Of I'l-tE FPECTRUM.

DAUID Wm SPEARING

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