"Walt Davidson" wrote in message
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There is no incentive to progress beyond the Foundation Licence level.

There may be a majority that stay at foundation level, but I, and quite a
few others on this newsgroup have since passed the IL and are taking the
full rae tommorow. Incentive is down to the individual. I personally want to
be able to contribute to the group at an ALMOST equal footing to yourself.

Nobody adheres to the 10w power limit for the Foundation Licence.
Even in the RSCB's journal this month, there is a report of an MW3
openly admitting to running 50 watts. Most run 100 watts.

With respect Walt, I think there is a very large generalisation in your
statement.One MW3 admitting to running 50 watts is a drop in the water
compared to the 5000+ M3s. May I respectfully ask what published data you
take the last statement from?

The Foundation licence may not be perfect, but it is here, and seems to be
working. Unsubstantiated comments like these are extremely disrespectful to
the large number of Foundation licence holders who operate their equipment
to licensing regulations.

Just my tuppence worth ;-)

Roll on tommorow :-0


Best 73 de Alan

M3TEC/2E1TEC