RadioBanter - View Single Post - How many licenses should there be, why and what privileges?

December 30th 05, 04:16 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.policy

wrote:
Frank Gilliland wrote:
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:18:18 GMT, "KØHB"
wrote in t:

wrote

You'll probably see that raised to 100-150 W on HF because
there are so many ~100 W rigs in existence.

The 50W number was chosen because it's a "safe" level according to OETthinking.

If there were a 50W permit.......

Why even have a "learner's permit" at all? Looks to me like the hobby
got along just fine all these years without one, so why start now?

??

The current license structure is a direct descendant of the 1951
restructuring that
gave us a system with licenses called Novice, Technician, General,
Conditional, Advanced, and Extra.

desendent Jim

for the past 25 years If have the dates right we have an entry license
the tech that placed no limits on powerin the band it had that was
restricted in band in large measure by the treaty alone

why go a for limited license now

the only reason given is to allow a somewht simplier question pool

one that seem doomed to get these new Novices (or whatever we call
them) subjected to diatribes we see in another thrad derected against
the holder of the UK Fl license and in yet another grupop the same
abuse in AU

I see no need for the USA to repeat the mistakes of the Mother Coutry
or of our nephews in AU (AU being founded as derect result of the
revoluation I call them our nephews)

In
fact, I recently picked up a 1940 edition of the ARRL Handbook, and at
that time there was only one license with no learner's permit.
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