Bill Sohl wrote:
Scattered around several other threads there have been several
dialogs as to how many licenses the USA should have for
amateur radio.

The options suggested so far seem to be:

(a) 1 License
(b) 1 License plus a "lerner's license"
(c) 2 Licenses plus a "lerner's license"
(d) 3 Licenses
(e) 3 Licenses plus a "lerner's license"

What I wonder about these is how the individual
proponents of each would set the "difficulty
level" of each in comparison to current Tech/Gen/Extra
AND how they see privilege differences (in terms
of power levels and/or band segments and modes)
in multiple license options.

That's just the beginning, Bill.

The devil is in the details, limited by what FCC
has written in various NPRMs and R&Os:

- No existing licensee should lose privileges
- No existing licensee should gain privileges without taking the
required tests
- No free upgrades
- No significant extra admin work for FCC
- FCC sees the optimum level as 3 license classes, none of which
have a limited term and all of which are renewable.

How does any proposed system handle all these requirements?
How do we convince FCC to accept the changes?

Those are the tough ones!

K0HB's proposed 2 class system addresses all these issues. But FCC
denied his ideas.

73 de Jim, N2EY