All in the name of "political correctness" the FCC in all their (lack) of wisdom did away with the requirement of the FCC 1st or 2nd class licence to work at a TV or AM FM radio station and repair a 2 way radio. As well as dumb-ing down the ham service. 10-4 ?
The only thing it did for folks like myself with such was guarantee a job for life. it was not until the FCC fines started coming in for such silly things as signal off freq - too wide - audio to hi or low. color burst hi, low, off freq. Then many of the stations went back to requiring one to get a job on their own. At that point many required certification from the SBE (society of broadcast engineers) who did require the license. That did 2 things left the station off the hook and made sure they was getting someone that knew their stuff. To counter what the station had done the FCC then did away with the license once and for all . again in the name of political correctness. That was about the time I up and quit. I was not about to be a sitter and fixing other peoples SNAFU. I still have mine and it's good for life. There just is no replacement for knowledge. John _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
