Before 1968 when the first phase of incentive licensing was forced upon us
there was a defacto one license system for HF access.

You had the General which gave you all Amateur privileges. As did the old
Class A. As did the Extra. NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL. And the Novice was just
the "stepping stone" to the General.

The Technician was for those that couldn't hack the 13WPM code and had to do
the test to keep a license. The Novice expired after 1 year and was
non-renewable.

Dan/W4NTI
"an_old_friend" wrote in message
ups.com...

Dan/W4NTI wrote:
There it is. Proof that "Incentive licensing" has caused hate and
discontent in Ham Radio. I've said it for years. And here it is.

Dan/W4NTI

Have you realy found folsk that honestly disgree

this Discontent is why I have a strong inclanation to a One Class
license feeling that what the ARS loses in intail skill would be mad
eup for in in removing that discontent

"John Smith" wrote in message
news

... rumor has just reached me that the extras have been unsuccessful,
as
of lately... rumor continues to exist they have only been ineffectual,
as
of late, because of the vast numbers of "lower class hams" attempting
to
glue their lips to the bottoms of the extras--thus keeping the extras
so
worn out in finding a place to sit they cannot partake in the usual
practice of deception, manipulation and mind control of the
unwitting...

... rumors only, mind you!

John

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:18:55 -0700, John Smith wrote:


... read all about it!

Extras are attempting to bully all other "lower class forms of
licenses"
into submission to their wills (and of course, worship of "The Great
CW
God"...

... but then, what is news about that ...

John