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David Eduardo wrote:

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David Eduardo wrote:

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Hey, Edtardo... tell us again about the amateur radio license you
had
in
Ecuador. What was that call?


HC1DG

OK, tell us what tests you had to take. And can you provide a copy of
the
license?

There was no test. Licenses for anything in Ecuador were "actas" on
European
size legal paper. Of course I have not saved a ham license from the 60's
(I
don't even have my first FCC 1st ticket) and probably most people don't.

But you had a copy of it on your website fairly recently...

That was a renewal. The original was issued in DC at the old M Street FCC
location in '69 or '70.

What I am saying is that most anyone who wanted a ham license could ask
for
one and get it. There is no testing, just some fees and a "fee" for
processing. The limiting factor in Ecuador was that the average annual
income per household then was less than $1000 a year, and imported ham
gear
could easily cost $2 thousand or more. Any "luxury" item had as much as
200%
of the CIF value plus foreign exchange charges, etc. Not many people
could
become hams there.

You're full of ****!

Ok, you tell me how many people in Ecuador could afford to be hams?

And anyone in Ecuador who wanted to get out of any requirement could,
easily, with the right donation. That includes tests, which I do not recall
anyone ever even mentioning to me.