"Bill Sohl" wrote in message
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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.

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK



You left out my concept. That is two licenses. These would be General and
Extra (no "learner's permit" type of license). The difficulty levels would
be comparable to today's General and Extra. Privileges would be the same as
today's General and Extra. For General, that would mean blending the
current Tech & General material to create a single test. My opinion is that
test would need to be about 50 questions. The Extra could remain unchanged.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE