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August 9th 03, 03:21 PM
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In article , Ben Coleman
writes: On 7 Aug 2003 15:33:36 -0700, (N2EY) wrote: - the "incentive licensing" changes of 1968-69 that drastically increased the requirements for a full privileges license. And ushered in a period of growth and innovation.... Actually, ham growth took a distinct drop virtually from the moment 'incentive licensing' (a.k.a. 'punishment licensing') was proposed in the early '60s. See my other post about the dates and details. There were lots of other factors to the drop in growth. Seems a number of OTs (and NTs, probably) didn't like the idea that they were going to have privileges (including some of the most choice frequency segments) taken away from them and they'd have to pass a test (or two or three) to get them back. True - but there was also widespread support for incentive licensing among hams. Opinion ran almost exactly 50-50. This coincided with a number of well-known manufacturers finding that it was no longer financially profitable to stay in the ham market. Who? The 1960-68 period was marked by the introduction of many new SSB transceivers and matched-pair receiver-transmitters, often at prices lower than comparable AM equipment Besides the high priced Drake and Collins gear, there were offerings from WRL/Galaxy (DB-84, Galaxy 3, 5, and others), National (NCX-3, National 200, NCX-5, NCX-1000), Swan (monobanders, tribander, 350, 500) Hallicrafters (SR-150, SR-160, SR-400, SR-2000, HT-46/SX-146), and SBE. Heathkit had the SB series and the monobanders. There was no shortage of good equipment. If there appears to be increased growth after 'incentive licensing', it'll likely just be that ham growth returned to its normal levels after recovering from the blow to morale inflicted by the implementation of incentive licensing. Perhaps. The '70s were a period of growth despite lots of hurdles. It appears the ARRL and the FCC learned from this - I don't think there's been any proposals from either since then that envision taking away privileges from any particular class of license. ARRL learned, FCC didn't. In 1975, FCC proposed a complex 7 class "two ladder" system that would have reduced the privilegs of many hams. ARRL and others fought it successfully. 73 de Jim, N2EY |
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