Irrelevant - the M3/CB Fools' Licence is judged by the lowest
standard necessary to obtain one.

Starting from scratch, with a previous irrelevant interest, perhaps
needleworking, fishing or CB Radio, you can obtain an M3/CB
Fools' Licence within 2 days. There is no way that anyone in such
a category has picked up any technical nous to qualify them as a
Radio Ham. If there really are people such as you claim, and you have
not just invented them for the purpose of this discussion, then why haven't
they got a higher grade of licence?

"Hans Summers" wrote in message
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"Airy R. Bean" wrote in message
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It is not a stupid response at all. Far from it; it is a response that
stands for the maintenance of standards in Ham Radio. The M3/CB
Fools' Licence here in Britland is an advanced CB licence, but it
is not a Ham Radio licence by any stretch of the imagination.


Rubbish. I know several M3's, some of whom I have met on air (CW, that
is).
Proficient and courteous ops. Some of them are enthusiastic homebrewers,
whose technical knowledge surely exceeds many, if not most, "full" license
holders.