But the M3 licence is no more a stepping stone to _REAL_ Ham
Radio than are other pursuits such as Needleworking and football
supporting.

"Hans Summers" wrote in message
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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?
I don't think you read my posting properly. I already told you, "every M3
I
have met is on his way to the full license. Several have got theirs since
I
first knew them". Just one example immediately springs to mind without me
even having to look up callsigns in my log: Ken M3NPD now M0RZZ.
I can imagine why many people wanting a full license might want to get an
intermediate license first, so they could get on air whilst working for
the
full license. Seems to me to be quite a sensible approach. Others might
become M3 because the full license seems daunting. When they get on air
perhaps they'd be enthused enough to upgrade their license.