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Well of course Steve. You can't get a MARS station license
stateside
without having a ham radio ticket. That is obvious.

Dan/W4NTI

Not quite true. Novices have "ham radio tickets."

Perhaps still today, but it used to be allowed to get into MARS with
a
Novice ticket. That was a long time ago, when a Novice ticket
really
had
to be earned.

Oh yeh, it was uphill both ways in the snow with a piece of cardboard
in my shoe. I remember. Pffft.

Of course now-a-days there is no Novice ticket. And those that
still
have
one are of no importance to worry about in the scheme of things.

So 31,545 amateur radio operators are of no consequence? I thought
that only the ARRL could be so cavalier about such a large block of
amateurs.

Dan/W4NTI

bb

Thats right, no consequence and of no value. Just ask the FCC. There
is
no longer a Novice,

Jim/N2EY says there are 31,545 novices.

None of which matter, according to the FCC. There will be no more Novice
issued. And when the present holder dies, its over. Unless they 'upgrade'
of course.

Course you know that.

Dan/W4NTI