In article k.net, "KØHB"
writes:

"N2EY" wrote

Suppose FCC enacted your proposal as you submitted it. Why would a
person with the entry-level license be qualified for that license for
ten years but then be unqualified for it after ten years? Particularly
if they were willing to retest for the same license?


It's a learners permit, NOT a license.

What's the difference?

Here in PA, a person with a learner's permit for driving cannot drive alone.
Could your learner's permit hams operate their own rigs all by themselves? If
so, it's a license.

If they couldn't/didn't learn enough
in 10 years to pass the examination for a license, then they are obviously
not qualified for a license.

But they're qualified to have a learner's permit for 10 years.

This is a major problem with a one-shot "permit", Hans. Sooner or later
(probably sooner), someone will ask why a ham with a B license is qualified one
day and not qualified the next - even if said ham is willing and able to pass
the test again.

Can you name any other license where, if you don't upgrade within a specified
time, you lose the license you have?

73, de Hans, K0HB

PS: Since it's my proposal, I get to define the terminology. Class "B" is a
learners permit. Class "A" is a license.

It's not me you have to convince, it's FCC. FCC has always called them
licenses.

And no matter what they're called, it's a two-class system.

73 de Jim, N2EY