In article , "Carl R. Stevenson"
writes:

As stated many times before, a ham radio license is NOT a degree or
certificate of graduation ... it is a "learner's permit."

No, that's not true.

An amateur license, driver's license and a "certificate of graduation" (usually
called a diploma) indicate that the holder has met the minimum requirements, as
determined by the agency in charge. Doesn't mean the holder is an expert, fully
qualified, or that the learning is done. Just that the person is considered
permanently qualified to do certain things.

A learner's permit is a temporary, limited license, issued to allow the holder
to learn, under the immediate supervision of an experienced person, skills
which cannot be learned from a book or class. The holder of a learner's permit
is not supposed to stay at that level, but to "graduate" to a permanent
license.

Of course learning is a lifelong process, and no radio amateur knows all there
is to know about radio or even amateur radio. But a ham license is not a
"learner's permit" by any stretch of imagination. In the days when the Novice
was extremely limited (distinctive call, xtal control, tiny parts of a few
bands, very few modes) and nonrenewable, it might have been considered a
learner's permit. But those days are long gone.

Nice try, but no prize... care to play again?

Ahem.

73 de Jim, N2EY