On 7/16/2013 11:33 AM, Sandy Blaize wrote: > Considering the non radio and non engineering political/legal types who > are taking over as FCC Commissioners,
"Taking over"? They've been there for many decades. The last engineer commissioner was George Sterling (of blessed memory) who had headed up the Radio Intelligence Division in WW-II and was a commissioner in the late 1940s. There have been several who were real communication lawyers and some who were broadcasters, so they had some exposure to the industry. I have had personal contact with two who were excellent - Richard Wiley (communications attorney - 1970s) and James Quello (retired broadcast executive - 1990s) and at least three others who weren't (names withheld to protect the guilty). Today's crop dances to the tune of "broadband and wireless for the masses". No doubt the broadband and wireless lobbies are happy to see the radio and engineering people go away and play somewhere else. My main gripe is that none of the recent commissioners have worked their way up through the agency since Rosel Hyde (communications attorney - late 1960s) who was the chief of the Common Carrier Bureau and fairly familiar with international marine radio issues. Perhaps the Bureau Chiefs knew something that wasn't obvious when they declined to become commissioners! > I would bet they want to "rub out" the "old" systems from ceiling to floor! They couldn't care less. Look to the lobbyists. 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 >From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
