In article , "KØHB"
writes:

"Robert Casey" wrote

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

Hi Bob,

I feel that the idea of a "Here, Kid, let me hold your hand and show you
how to be a ham" license would send absolutely the wrong message to new
ham 'wannabes'.

Hard-wired into the bedrock DNA of the Amateur Radio service is the
notion of experimentation, inovation, and "let's try and see if this
works". The old Novice license, with it's elementary easy examination,
and it's attitude of "Hey, kid, welcome to Amateur Radio --- now build a
station and let's see what you can do with it" appealed to this trait.

Exactly. Particularly with young people.

We should lobby like hell for a return to such a license, including the
non-renewable nature of it, rather than some
"store-bought-only-equipment-supervised-operation" license which would,
IMNSHO, carve the very heart and soul out of the attraction of a ham
license to the adventuresome tinker/experimenter mindset that we
desparately need to attract.

While I disagree with the nonrenewable thing, all the rest is dead-on target.

Quite frankly, anyone who was attracted to such a structured supervised
license environment doesn't belong in *MY* Amateur Radio service.

Nor mine!

(Watch LHA spin up his rotors over that comment!)

You mean the non-ham who suggested an age requirement of 14 years to FCC,
and who stated he has always had trouble integrating young people into
what he considers an adult activity?

Perhaps he would agree with you about the undesirability of a student license.
After all, who would mentor *him*?

73 de Jim, N2EY