"licensed ham" who cannot operate unsupervised. Bad idea, I say.



Control freaks are big on supervision and rank and being in charge.
People who propose the freedom to take sole responsibility for their own
actions scare the bejeebers out of them.



How long does it take a new ham to get the basics of operating
down anyway? A few hours of operating? Once he has a rig, antenna
and such set up. When I got my HF privrledes when I got my
"extra lite", I spent a lot of time listening to QSOs to try to figure
out the methods used. Then started responding to CQs and such.
One problem I find is that I can never remember the other guy's
callsign... But if it's a contester I just listen to subsequent
QSOs he has to get his call for the log. I don't compete myself.

Having a supervised only license is more brearucratic hassle than
that met learning how to operate anyway.