FCC Reports, Second Series, Volume 104, Number 2, Pages 375 to 719, August 1986 Page: 379
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Amateur Radio Service
ground that repeater operation in that band needs to be protected
from amateurs who are not allowed to be control operators or
licensees of stations in repeater operation.
13. Support for the various proposals reflects a concern that
something must be done to attract a new generation to amateur
radio. Mr. David C. Andrus captures this idea rather succinctly:
I feel that the single most important thing that the ARRL's proposal for
enhancement of the Novice license will do is to encourage many young
people who are presently involved in computers at home and school to
consider the expansion of their "reach" with radio-linked telecommunica-
tions.
The same theme is sounded by other commenters, but with the
caveat that bringing new people into amateur radio should be
done carefully and not with a "quick-fix" approach.
14. Our statistics show a decline in both the number of new
Novice operators and of total Novice operators. There are 10,000
fewer Novices now than there were two years ago.3 The ARRL
blames the decline on limited operating privileges of Novices. Of
the four amateur bands now authorized for operation, the ARRL
states that propagation conditions are so poor in the current
phase of the sunspot cycle that, except for local communications,
operation is largely limited to the 80-meter and 40-meter bands.
According to the ARRL, even in these two bands, Novices are
frustrated and inhibited because of Canadian amateur telephony
operations in the 80-meter band and international broadcast
activity in the 40-meter band. The ARRL reasons that persons at
the beginner level must be allowed enhanced opportunities if they
are to pursue greater operating privileges in amateur radio.
15. One of the fundamental purposes of amateur radio is to
maintain a pool of operators, technicians and electronics experts.
In light of the apparent downward trends in Novice operators, we
are concerned that a valuable national resource is being dimin-
ished. Accordingly, we will propose rule making, largely along the
lines proposed by ARRL, in the hope that an enhanced Novice
3 The following table shows the attrition rate for Novices.
FY 83 FY 84 FY 85
New Novices 18,744 17,392 15,913
Upgraded 10,274 8,829 10,422
Dropped out 9,129 14,883 9,615
Novices at year 86,781 80,461 76,337
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