On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:13:58 -0000, Pun Krocker
wrote:

In article ,
says...
I also think that the new structure is the way forward, or at least a way
forward, as it offers newcomers a way into the hobby and lets face it at
the end of the day thats all it is A Hobby.

curious
Was there no way for newcomers into the hobby before?
/curious

according to RVMJ it was being an SWL (apprentice)

and then you went for the RAE (with/without morse test)


of course b-licensees nowadays conveniently forget that before the
b-licence was invented it was THEORY AND MORSE TEST before you got
any licence