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AJ Lake · September 19th 08, 12:30 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew

wrote:

Had there not been a treaty requirement, FCC might have not had a
Morse test for Tech from the beginning.

The treaty applied to 30MHz and below. Techs couldn't go there.
The treaty wouldn't apply to them.

A lot of VHF/UHF experimenting in those days did use Morse Code

Techs only had 220 and up. Why require a 5 WPM test for moon bounce??

and still does today. EME (moonbounce), meteor scatter, aurora,
troposcatter and other "weak signal" work was almost all CW.

If Techs do all that CW work today *without* a code test, what justification
is there for requiring the code test back then?

Was it [incentive licensing] really a screw up?
I think the real mistake was back in 1952.

My old boss used to moan bitterly about the 52 license change when I worked
for him in the 50s. He had been a Class A. But the difference is that in
that change he *didn't lose* any privileges. He did lose privileges with the
later Incentive Licensing change though. Which change do you think he felt
worse about?

You can just imagine the reaction from hams who'd worked hard to get
their Advanceds or Extras, then suddenly found the HF 'phone bands
flooded with Generals and Conditionals who had the same privileges.

Probably like having the HF frequencies flooded by no-coders... 8-O

Another incentive would be increased power.

If I were made boss, the maximum power allowed for any class would be 100W.
And if used as an incentive, start at say 25 W for the entry license. Just
think of the reduction in neighbor complaints. Just think of the increase in
operator skill...

Who will be the very last Novice? The very last Advanced? How long
will it take for those license classes to disappear?

They will likely disappear when they change to one license...
(Like the Class A disappeared.)