Subject: operator's licence vs. station licence
From: (N2EY)
Date: 10/19/2004 4:04 PM Central Standard Time
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(Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message
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Subject: operator's licence vs. station licence
From: PAMNO (N2EY)
Date: 10/19/2004 4:42 AM Central Standard Time
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(Until 1949, mobile operation was not allowed below 25 MHz...(SNIP)

Considering that you almost needed a seperate trailer to carry the
gear,
this was hardly an impediment!

Not really. Look at an ARC-5 receiver, and how much could be packed
into a small space using mid-1930s technology. Hams could, and did,
build very compact equipment without "miniature" parts.


...(UNSNIP).. and for a time in the
1930s, portable operation required a special "Z" or "ZZ" license with four
letters after the number. W6AM got callsign "W6ZZAM" for portable use.)

I wonder who came up with that idea?

The govt. was very cautious in those days about such things. Spies and
all that.

Ya thik a spy would apply for a license in ANY radio service, Jim?

Steve, K4YZ