"Walt Davidson" wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 08:49:35 -0000, "Brian Reay"
wrote:

The only purposes of introducing the Foundation Licence were (1) to
increase (in the short term) the RSCB's membership numbers and (2) to
provide a new market for commercially made, type approved radio
equipment.

IF that was the only reason, why are the RSGB pushing the IL, new RAE,
and
"Beyond the RAE"?

To sell books, of course.



Which is exactly where your logic falls over.

You keep claiming that few will have the incentive or will to progress from
the FL- if this were the case then the market for the books would be
unecomonically small- especially as there are alternative sources of free
study material.

Hoist by you own petard ;-)


Hardly progressive.

No, you would prefer to go back the (supposed) good old days, I assume.

There was nothing wrong with the system that served us well and
excluded the rank CB-ers from our bands.


Well, I'm happy to admit I'd rather share "our bands" with ex CBers than
those who jam, or condone the jamming, of repeaters etc.

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73
Brian
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