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#261
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Have they considered renaming the "Extra" license to the "Nothing-Special"
ticket? Or just make it a "General"; that's what my 1st Class Radiotelephone is now. Seriously, what's needed is to "re-invent" a truly entry-level Novice license (give it a snappier name) that encourages young people to tryout amateur radio before the more serious regulations and theory knowledge is required for the advanced license(es) . ak "N2EY" wrote in message om... These are the number of unexpired FCC ARS licenses held by individuals on the dates listed: As of May 14, 2000: Novice - 49,329 Tech - 205,394 Tech Plus - 128,860 General - 112,677 Advanced - 99,782 Extra - 78,750 Total - 674,792 As of April 15, 2004: Novice - 32,092 (decrease of 17,237) Technician - 262,886 (increase of 57,492) Technician Plus - 60,597 (decrease of 68,263) General - 140,586 (increase of 27,909) Advanced - 80,717 (decrease of 19,065) Extra - 105,246 (increase of 26,496) Total - 682,124 (increase of 7,332) 73 de Jim, N2EY |
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"King Zulu" wrote in message news:6Eehc.34977$yD1.100569@attbi_s54... Have they considered renaming the "Extra" license to the "Nothing-Special" ticket? Or just make it a "General"; that's what my 1st Class Radiotelephone is now. Seriously, what's needed is to "re-invent" a truly entry-level Novice license (give it a snappier name) that encourages young people to tryout amateur radio before the more serious regulations and theory knowledge is required for the advanced license(es) . ak You're right about the name. People, young and old have been big on titles for several years like for instance, Sanitary Engineer for janitor or Executive Assistant for an entry level secretary. Maybe call the new class Certified Electronic Experimenter or Electronic Experimenter In Training or some other snazzy name. The young kids are looking for something like that. Novice is an immediate turnoff nowadays. The new class wouldn't have to have lots of privileges, just a classy name to attract most young people. David |
#263
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"David 01" wrote in message ... You're right about the name. People, young and old have been big on titles for several years like for instance, Sanitary Engineer for janitor or Executive Assistant for an entry level secretary. Maybe call the new class Certified Electronic Experimenter or Electronic Experimenter In Training or some other snazzy name. The young kids are looking for something like that. Novice is an immediate turnoff nowadays. The new class wouldn't have to have lots of privileges, just a classy name to attract most young people. David I agree. And when the Novice ticket became renewable, the test materiel got harder; that made it more difficult to attract middle school and early high school candidates. In my day, it was knowing just enough of the rules to get by and a very little theory to operate at 75-watts input with a crystal to keep us in our band. From that, I gained enough interest in radio to get the Extra before the disastrous "incentive licensing" debacle took place. Today's beginners need to be connected with computers, so I think that the simple entry ticket (CEE ?) should allow all digital modes within restricted sub-bands, including the HF bands. The code capability should be an endorsement thing, with a small bottom-of-the band CW incentive, much like the Extras has today. However, the no-coders should be able to use cw within their sub-bands, without the endorsement. But when BPL gets going full force, maybe all such concerns will just be academic as the bands won't be much good for anyone except the power companies. AK |
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These are the number of unexpired FCC ARS
licenses held by individuals on the dates listed: As of May 14, 2000: Novice - 49,329 Tech - 205,394 Tech Plus - 128,860 General - 112,677 Advanced - 99,782 Extra - 78,750 Total - 674,792 As of April 30, 2004: Novice - 32,009 (decrease of 17,320) Technician - 263,923 (increase of 58,529) Technician Plus - 60,241 (decrease of 68,619) General - 140,628 (increase of 27,951) Advanced - 80,650 (decrease of 19,132) Extra - 105,360 (increase of 26,610) Total - 682,811 (increase of 8,019) 73 de Jim, N2EY |
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These are the number of unexpired FCC ARS
licenses held by individuals on the dates listed: As of May 14, 2000: Novice - 49,329 Tech - 205,394 Tech Plus - 128,860 General - 112,677 Advanced - 99,782 Extra - 78,750 Total - 674,792 As of May 16, 2004: Novice - 31,384 (decrease of 17,945) Technician - 264,231 (increase of 58,837) Technician Plus - 59,919 (decrease of 68,941) General - 140,628 (increase of 27,802) Advanced - 80,411 (decrease of 19,371) Extra - 105,369 (increase of 26,619) Total - 682,243 (increase of 7,451) 73 de Jim, N2EY |
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These are the number of unexpired FCC ARS
licenses held by individuals on the dates listed: As of May 14, 2000: Novice - 49,329 Tech - 205,394 Tech Plus - 128,860 General - 112,677 Advanced - 99,782 Extra - 78,750 Total - 674,792 As of May 31, 2004: Novice - 31,545 (decrease of 17,784) Technician - 264,100 (increase of 58,706) Technician Plus - 59,576 (decrease of 69,284) General - 140,048 (increase of 27,371) Advanced - 80,012 (decrease of 19,770) Extra - 105,358 (increase of 26,608) Total - 680,639 (increase of 5,847) 73 de Jim, N2EY |
#267
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These are the number of unexpired FCC ARS
licenses held by individuals on the dates listed: As of May 14, 2000: Novice - 49,329 Tech - 205,394 Tech Plus - 128,860 General - 112,677 Advanced - 99,782 Extra - 78,750 Total - 674,792 As of June 15, 2004: Novice - 31,495 (decrease of 17,834) Technician - 264,801 (increase of 59,407) Technician Plus - 59,184 (decrease of 69,676) General - 140,108 (increase of 27,431) Advanced - 79,967 (decrease of 19,815) Extra - 105,456 (increase of 26,706) Total - 681,011 (increase of 6,219) 73 de Jim, N2EY |
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These are the number of unexpired FCC ARS
licenses held by individuals on the dates listed: As of May 14, 2000: Novice - 49,329 Tech - 205,394 Tech Plus - 128,860 General - 112,677 Advanced - 99,782 Extra - 78,750 Total - 674,792 As of June 15, 2004: Novice - 31,495 (decrease of 17,834) Technician - 264,801 (increase of 59,407) Technician Plus - 59,184 (decrease of 69,676) General - 140,108 (increase of 27,431) Advanced - 79,967 (decrease of 19,815) Extra - 105,456 (increase of 26,706) Total - 681,011 (increase of 6,219) 73 de Jim, N2EY |
#269
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These are the number of unexpired FCC ARS
licenses held by individuals on the dates listed: As of May 14, 2000: Novice - 49,329 Tech - 205,394 Tech Plus - 128,860 General - 112,677 Advanced - 99,782 Extra - 78,750 Total - 674,792 As of June 15, 2004: Novice - 31,495 (decrease of 17,834) Technician - 264,801 (increase of 59,407) Technician Plus - 59,184 (decrease of 69,676) General - 140,108 (increase of 27,431) Advanced - 79,967 (decrease of 19,815) Extra - 105,456 (increase of 26,706) Total - 681,011 (increase of 6,219) 73 de Jim, N2EY |
#270
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These are the number of unexpired FCC ARS
licenses held by individuals on the dates listed: As of May 14, 2000: Novice - 49,329 Tech - 205,394 Tech Plus - 128,860 General - 112,677 Advanced - 99,782 Extra - 78,750 Total - 674,792 As of June 30, 2004: Novice - 31,422 (decrease of 17,907) Technician - 265,199 (increase of 59,805) Technician Plus - 58,889 (decrease of 69,971) General - 140,237 (increase of 27,560) Advanced - 79,928 (decrease of 19,854) Extra - 105,635 (increase of 26,885) Total - 681,310 (increase of 6,518) An unusually high number of current licenses are due to expire in July. 73 de Jim, N2EY |
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