One of these below will get you there...

Seems to me that they should bump up the current General class to
Advanced class.
This way people who worked hard to get to General will not be locked in
with the no code
folks. That seems fair?.


http://www.remote.arrl.org/news/stor.../01/19/1/?nc=1


Click he ARRLWeb: ARRL to Propose New Entry-Level License, Code-Free
HF Access

Seems to me that they should bump up the current General class to
Advanced class.
This way people who worked hard to get to General will not be locked in
with the no code
folks. That seems fair?.


They're planning on eliminating the Advance Class license.


Ed WB6SAT

PRAISE TO THE ALL!!!!!!!
Finally some sense.


"Mark Russo" wrote in message
...
One of these below will get you there...

Seems to me that they should bump up the current General class to
Advanced class.
This way people who worked hard to get to General will not be locked in
with the no code
folks. That seems fair?.


http://www.remote.arrl.org/news/stor.../01/19/1/?nc=1


Click he ARRLWeb: ARRL to Propose New Entry-Level License, Code-Free
HF Access

In article ,
"Ed G." wrote:


Seems to me that they should bump up the current General class to
Advanced class.
This way people who worked hard to get to General will not be locked in
with the no code
folks. That seems fair?.


They're planning on eliminating the Advance Class license.


Ed WB6SAT

Yea, you guys will have to take the test over again....
--

That is exactly why they should keep it. People who worked for their General

and passed the code test should not be combined with those who did not.
Just my 2 cents worth.

"Ed G." wrote:


Seems to me that they should bump up the current General class to
Advanced class.
This way people who worked hard to get to General will not be locked in
with the no code
folks. That seems fair?.

They're planning on eliminating the Advance Class license.

Ed WB6SAT

Just what we need. Lazy belly aching people who want something for nothing.
They'll get the HF bands and not appreciate what they have becuase they
didn't have to work for it. Just like everything else in this country. Make
it conveient or I'll complain and bitch about it and find someway to MAKE
you change it for me. I deeply appreciate my PRIVILEGES on HF because I
worked hard to get them.
I guess the next step is 4 watts RMS and 12 watts PEP and Channelize the
bands and of course NO TESTING!!!! God forbid we should ask them to take a
test..

Dan N0FQN

"Mark Russo" wrote in message
...
One of these below will get you there...

Seems to me that they should bump up the current General class to
Advanced class.
This way people who worked hard to get to General will not be locked in
with the no code
folks. That seems fair?.


http://www.remote.arrl.org/news/stor.../01/19/1/?nc=1


Click he ARRLWeb: ARRL to Propose New Entry-Level License, Code-Free
HF Access

Isn't this the same thing that happened to the CB culture
in the mid to late 70's? Back then you had to license, but
all of a sudden that was too inconvenient. So licensing was
eliminated and every hemorrhoid could get a radio and ruin
the band.

Mark Russo wrote:
One of these below will get you there...

Seems to me that they should bump up the current General class to
Advanced class.
This way people who worked hard to get to General will not be locked in
with the no code
folks. That seems fair?.


http://www.remote.arrl.org/news/stor.../01/19/1/?nc=1


Click he ARRLWeb: ARRL to Propose New Entry-Level License, Code-Free
HF Access

Dan Mattingly N0FQN wrote:
Just what we need. Lazy belly aching people who want something for
nothing. They'll get the HF bands and not appreciate what they have
becuase they didn't have to work for it. Just like everything else in
this country. Make it conveient or I'll complain and bitch about it
and find someway to MAKE you change it for me. I deeply appreciate my
PRIVILEGES on HF because I worked hard to get them.
I guess the next step is 4 watts RMS and 12 watts PEP and Channelize
the bands and of course NO TESTING!!!! God forbid we should ask them
to take a test..

Dan N0FQN

It's all part of the "dumbing down of America" that has been going on for
the last 20-30 years. Those fools at the ARRL that are so worried about
protecting "their bands" are playing right into the hands of those who are
trying so hard to take them away from us.

What better way to justify selling off the Amateur bands/hobby to
commercial interests than by ensuring that it becomes just another form of
CB - complete with all the idiots and on-air antics, foul mouths, etc..

(sell all your gear *now* while it is still worth something... :)

73 de W6DKN

What happens with all the Advanced Class licensees who worked
hard to get where they are? Do they just become general class or
are they given Extra Class licenses because the tests they had to take
at the FCC field office were harder than the extra class license of today
and and had to pass a higher code test than required today?
I am not familiar with the plan the FCC has but it will be interesting to
see if the advanced class is treated fairly.

KA0PWW in Minneapolis

"Ed G." wrote in message
. ..


Seems to me that they should bump up the current General class to
Advanced class.
This way people who worked hard to get to General will not be locked in
with the no code
folks. That seems fair?.


They're planning on eliminating the Advance Class license.


Ed WB6SAT

If I'm not mistaken, they "may" eliminate that class BUT - that only means
they won't test for or issue that class anymore. ANYONE currently holding
such license will continue to hold that class until they upgrade or let it
expire for whatever reason - unless of course the FCC would at some point
make it equivalent to another and make the change themselves. So, if your
license is Advanced and you have to renew it - within the time frame
including the given grace period - and that class has been eliminated,
you'll get another Advanced Class issued to you. That is the way "I"
understood it to be. That is what they did with the others they eliminated.
Go to W5YI or ARRL sites and read through, you should see it there
somewhere. MNS

"Michael Brandt" wrote in message
...
What happens with all the Advanced Class licensees who worked
hard to get where they are? Do they just become general class or
are they given Extra Class licenses because the tests they had to take
at the FCC field office were harder than the extra class license of today
and and had to pass a higher code test than required today?
I am not familiar with the plan the FCC has but it will be interesting to
see if the advanced class is treated fairly.

KA0PWW in Minneapolis

"Ed G." wrote in message
. ..


Seems to me that they should bump up the current General class to
Advanced class.
This way people who worked hard to get to General will not be locked
in
with the no code
folks. That seems fair?.


They're planning on eliminating the Advance Class license.


Ed WB6SAT