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Ham Radio Licenses
I too got my license in 1957 and hated the code. I am in favor of abolishing it for HF except in the code only portion of the bands. A code endorsement could be added for those frequencies. The question/answer pools are a joke, but I think federal policy regarding them goes beyond the FCC as the FAA has similar stuff for aviation exams now. Lets bring back the 2 year as a General Class or better before being eligible to take the Extra Exam. Experience is needed before getting a 1 X 2 vanity call! I keep running into those guys (especially boaters) who have less than 6 months as a ham and think they know it all. Larry, since you brought up the NNNN at the end of a TTY message, I must point out it served an autostop function on TTY machines such as the Model 28 (I admit to being a model 12, 14, 15, 19, 28 TTYer years ago) that were equipped with a "stunt box". Do you recall what ZCZCZRJ did? Doug, K7ABX "Larry W4CSC" wrote in message ... 73 Larry W4CSC aka KN4IM, WB4THE, WN2IWH when I was 11. Leaving for sea tonight so won't be replying to this message.... Best of luck to all those coming into ham radio! For me, it's been a helluva great ride these past 47 years! NNNN (We always put that at the end of important-looking teletype messages to impress everyone.) SK |
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