In a message dated 4/26/2005 9:44:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, w5zn@arrl.org writes:

I do, however, wholeheartedly agree with your comment that this has very little to do with bandwidth regulation but is a separate and much broader issue we will have to address in the near future. We need to start planning in that area and that is where we need to involve Riley, rather than another ARRL paid vacation to HQ.

Well, whatever. The point is, there doesn't seem to exist a plan to replace his job function, and that is a real problem, given his M.O. which has worked reasonably well over time. I don't see any alternative to the deterrence concept, and that requires an FCC face person and some visibility. chris