Yep, it figures!! I took MY general 28 years ago. Did it at the
Atlanta FCC office AND the Old-Fashioned way.
Ran CW for a year or so at up to 35 WPM with a Nye-Viking Straight key.
Now some bozo's want to ignore it, BUT accept an Extra License that I
can go take after sitting down for an evening memorizing garbage that I
DON'T want anything to do with!!!!
Bob - NØDGN
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Bob Bethman/NØDGN/BC-610/Northern Radio
SP-600 Manassas, VA - MultiBand Dipoles
D. Chester wrote:
CEPT (The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications
Administration) no longer accepts US Amateurs below Advanced. General
and below no longer have full CEPT privileges in CEPT Countries.
"Changes in the US license structures and examinations often have
ancillary implications beyond the immediate impact upon the US
licensees," said Dan Henderson, N1ND, ARRL Regulatory Information
Manager.
It looks like the US ham licence is going the way of the US dollar and
US prestige abroad. The test has finally been "restructured" to the
point where the class that used to make up the majority of US
licensees are no longer recognized as hams.
And this has nothing to do with eliminating the code requirement.
Most European countries got rid of it before we did.
http://www.arrl.org/?artid=8000
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