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From: W3KD@aol.com [mailto:W3KD@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 5:10 PM
To: arrl-odv
Cc: prinaldo@arrl.org
Subject: [ARRL-ODV:7767] 5 MHz Update

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The good news is that, according to an FCC attendee at the secret NTIA/FCC
meeting, NTIA was persuaded that an "Extra Class Only" restriction would be
counterproductive: the Extra Class licensees are the most active group on the
HF bands, and would be the least desirable single class of licensees to have
access there. Nor would it be a good idea to create a special preserve for
Extra Class licensees in an exclusive band, which would encourage active
operation there. NTIA has apparently backed away from that proposal, and Russ
Slye's separate comments to me bear that out.