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

class_a_zpk_12wpm_unlike_2800 wrote:

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

And before that it was pay yer ten bob and get on with it. No tests
or exams at all. Why choose the post-war period as the model for
tradition. In the days before 'G' there weren't any tests, why not
hark back to those halcyon days?

vy 73

Andy, M1EBV (and, just for you, M3ABC)
LAFLH and 2800.

"class_a_zpk_12wpm_unlike_2800"
co
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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



And don't forget the twelve months cw only
operation before you had your log book signed off
by "the authority"




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On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 23:30:50 +0000 (UTC), "Marco"
wrote:


And don't forget the twelve months cw only
operation before you had your log book signed off
by "the authority"

yes.... i was a cw only for first 12months.