Bryan wrote:
Tim Shoppa wrote:
[snip]
The controversy in the 70's was the Technician license, a ticket that
required no code, as a way to get some CB'ers to take notice. I myself
came to ham radio in the 70's but had no interest in anything having
to do with Technician privileges. I know many other hams who did come
in that way in the 70's, 80's, etc.

Tim N3QE

The original Technician license required passing of a 5wpm receiving &
sending Morse test.

73,
Bryan WA7PRC



I concur from experience in 1982 when I got my Tech license. I had to
take the 5WPM code test at the FCC office. We had the same HF
privileges as Novices and could operate on any frequency above 50.000
MHz. I can't recall, but I "THINK" the first code-free Tech licenses
did not have HF privileges. Now that there is no code requirement for
any class, I think Techs have some HF privileges again...a bit confusing

Scott
N0EDV