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Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1562 - July 20, 2007
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1562 with a release date of Friday, July 20, 2007 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a Q-S-T. Foundation Class mania is starting to sweep the globe, a new emergency communications system is unveiled in New York, and he's retired again. Find out who's left what radio on Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) report number 1562 coming your way right now. (Billboard Cart Here) ** RESTRUCTURING: FOUNDATION CLASS MANIA IS SWEEPING THE GLOBE Call it Foundation Class mania. The successful introduction of Foundation Licenses, particularly in Britain and Australia, continues to be food for thought in a number of other countries around the world. Jim Linton, VK3PC, of the W-I-A News is here with the story: -- The latest to declare such an interest is the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART) which is looking at the possible introduction of a Foundation type license. New Zealand currently has a single license restructure having abandoned its Novice license which was not a success and in its final year had only about a dozen on issue. NZART says a Foundation License will be considered over coming months with both the British and Australian models being examined for their suitability. Canada is still in favor of a new entry license. However the thought there are the moment is that it should be of a limited tenure in order to encourage licensees to upgrade. The regulator Industry Canada is talking about the new license being introduced in years, rather than months. Papua New Guinea is also looking at the possible introduction of a Foundation License. And decisions have yet to be made on a commonly agreed Foundation license that can be adopted by member nations of the European Community. For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Linton, VK3PC -- The bottom line. Its starting to look as if the Foundation Class license could become the ham radio entry point for people, world wide. (WIA) ** RESCUE RADIO: ITS "NEWS" TO THE BIG APPLE The Big Apple and its Eastern suburbs will soon have a new emergency communications program. One which encourages the participation of all amateur radio operators to pass messages of any nature during a large-scale emergency. Amateur Radio Newsline's Evi Simons is in the Big Apple with mo -- Called the Neighborhood Emergency Watch or NEWS System, the program will allow any radio amateur in New York City and on Long Island to help friends and neighbors in time of disaster. This, by providing emergency communications when all other forms of messaging are unavailable. According to the program administrators, during disasters, phone lines become overloaded, cell phones are rendered useless and most other public communication becomes nearly impossible to use. But with NEWS, Amateur Radio operators will be able to offer assistance by simply passing along messages to other hams who are able to get through to emergency services. This, using the hobby's long established network of Amateur Radio Emergency Service volunteers. NEWS will also sponsor nets that will liaison with other emergency communications systems that might be concurrently with the NEWS operations. This means that NEWS will have the capability to participate in networks that A-R-E-S and other groups have established with first-responder groups. Each borough, county and town will have a Local Operations Center, to be developed as the NEWS network evolves. Combined with the ham resident in the Metro New York and Long Island areas, these Local Operations Center will eventually tie into citywide and other logistical emergency nets to provide a venue and lines of communications to serve local needs. For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Evi Simons, in New York. -- If you live in that area and if all this sounds exciting to you there is a lot more information about the NEWS program on-line at www.neighborhoodemergencywatchsystem.org (N2YBB) ** RESCUE RADIO: HAMS WORK THE NEW MEXICO - TEXAS BORDER STORM Amateur Radio emergency communications took center stage in parts of New Mexico and Texas the evening of June 26th. This when the leading edge of a severe weather front traveled along the border of the two states. Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, reports: -- With poor weather spotting coverage in that part of the county, Rob Tice, W5TIC left the town of Lovington heading north. He operated on the Caprock repeater with Alf Lindsey, W5ALL, in Roswell providing reports using Gibson Ridge radar software. W5TIC met up with the storm in Tatum, New Mexico. He used a handheld anemometer to get a 78 MPH reading as the storm gust front hit. While Lindsay kept him updated with radar reports, Jim Morrison, KM5BS relayed Tice's storm reports back to the weather watch center. As the storm front moved south, Tice tracked along with it and continued to provide reports. At this point Gaines County activated its EOC providing radio contact with Jack Moore, KC5LNY, in Seminole, Texas. Shortly after the front hit Seminole, Moore requested wthat Hobbs Fire be contacted for mutual aid. He said most of their communications had been knocked out or were on battery backup. Gaines EOC was in danger of being overwhelmed with reports of damage, injuries and fires. W5TIC went to the EOC and volunteered to take over. The storm front was approaching the Midland Texas area by then and the net control at SkyWarn requested New Mexico to take traffic as they worked the rest of the event. Clint Lannom, N5MXE, in Midland, came up to serve as net control. About 0100 CDT, the severe wether event was pretty much over for SkyWarn volunters. The hams serving at the various locations were able to stand down and return home. A job well done. For the amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the studio in Los Angeles. -- Severe weather in this part of the country is not uncommon and the hams who live there and are involved in Skywarn are always on the alert. (K5CEC) ** RADIO LAW: FCC REFUSES TO REVIEW GMRS LICENSE GRANTS The FCC has told the Personal Radio Association, Inc. that it does not have the legal ground to challenge license grants made in the General Mobile Radio Service. In a letter to the groups president Douglas M. Smith, the FCC says that the fact that an individual's G-M-R-S license lists a business address as the contact information, does not present sufficient evidence, standing alone, to suggest that the license was improperly granted or that the station is operating in violation of the Commission's Rules. The denial comes in response to a complaint to the FCC by the Personal Radio Association filing back on February 12th. It had requested the regulatory agency review the grants of 277 G-M-R-S licenses because the records contains the name of an organization or company in the "attention" field. The Personal Radio Association said this indicated the licenses may have been issued to entities not eligible for licensing in the GMRS. But the FCC says that's not the case. It says that the information in the "attention" field is just what is says. It is a note for Commission use and as such it has no impact on the validity of the license. For that reason it is denying the Personal Radio Groups license review request. ** HAM RADIO IN SPACE: SUPER EFFICIENT AMPLIFIER DESIGNED BY AMSAT HAMS The Amsat News service reports that Allen Katz, K2UYH and Marc Franco, N2UO have developed a VHF, high-efficiency, class-E, R-F power amplifier. One with a DC to RF efficiency of 86.8%. A-N-S says that their design is based on silicon carbide metal-semiconductor field effect transistors. The amplifier efficiency was measured at around 86 to 88% with this number holding quite well at almost any drain voltage or output power. The AMSAT News Service ays that this type of amplifier is under consideration for the envelope elimination and restoration linear amplifier planned for the upcoming AMSAT Eagle ham radio satellite. The design was presented in a paper at the IEEE International Microwave Symposium in Hawaii. It is now available on-line at http://www.cree.com/products/wireless_docs.htm titled "Class-E Silicon Carbide VHF Power Amplifier" (ANS) ** Break 1 From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including the K0ASH repeater of the Ashland Amateur Radio Club serving Ashland Nebraka. (5 sec pause here) ** NEW PRODUCTS: NEW KENWOOD DUAL BANDER A HIT WITH THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED A newly released 2 meter and 70 centimeter dual band radio from Kenwood is getting rave reviews from the visually handicapped ham radio community. The transceiver in question is the Kenwood model TM-V71A. Blind and visually impaired amateurs love it because when equipped with the optional VGS-1 voice chip unit, the radio announces even menu-level settings for true accessibility by audio alone. One of those most enthusiastic about this feature is Linda Reeder, N7HVF, of Salt Lake City, Utah: -- N7HVF: "The 71A is the most blind user friendly radio I have ever see in the 22 years I have been in Amateue Radio." -- N7HVF is so enthussed about the new TM-V71A, that she not only bought one. She has also produced and recorded a 12 minute audio netcast that loojks at the new radio and explains what its capable of doing. Heres a samole: -- N7HVF: (Descriptive audio of how rgw TM-V71A operates demonstrating voice readout.) -- The TM-V71A is not just for the blind or visually impaired. The radios voice readout also functions as a safety enhancement that lets an operator tune the radio will operating mobile without ever having to take his or her eyes off the road. But it is the visually handicapped that are the most vocal in singing its praises. You can hear Linda Reeders entire report on the blind friendly new Kenwood radio at the HandiHam website. A link directly to it is in this weeks printed, Amateur Radio Newsline report. Its in cyberspace at http://www.handiham.org/manuals/Kenw...71A/tmv71a.mp3 More about the TMV-71A is at the Kenewood website in PDF form at http://www.kenwoodusa.com/Dealers/Us...rs/TM-V71A.pdf (N7HVF) ** ENFORCEMENT: FCC TELLS NJ HAM TO CLEAR UP RPT TO RPT INTERFERENCE Anthony W. Cranston, WA2HYO, of East Brunswick, New Jersey has been told by the by FCC that his uncoordinated repeater is allegedly interfering with a coordinated system. The regulatory agency says it wants to know what Cranston plans to do to remedy the situation. In its June 29th letter to WA2HYO, the FCC says that representatives of the WA3BXW repeater had contacted Cranston a number of times since 2003, but to this date it remains unresolved. So, as per the Part 97 Amateur Service Rules it is placing the burden to solve the problem on Cranston's uncoordinated repeater since the WA3BXW system is coordinated. For those not aware Section 97.205 of the Commission's rule states that where there is interference between a coordinated and an uncoordinated repeater, the licensee of the uncoordinated repeater has primary responsibility to resolve the interference. And the FCC appears to be placing that responsibility squarely on Cranston. WA2HYO was given 20 days from the date of the FCC's letter to respond to the inquiry. It instructed him to furnish the Commission with all of the information that it has requested. Cranston was also warned that failure to resolve this interference problem will result in enforcement action against his license. Enforcement that may include removal of automatic control privileges from his repeater. (FCC) ** ENFORCEMENT: TEXAS CB'ER FINED $7000 The FCC has affirmed a $7,000 against 11 meter C-B operator Donald Winton of Corpus Cristi, Texas. This for allegedly rebroadcasting a local AM station on CB Channel 19. And for refusing to allow the FCC to inspect his station. Amateur Radio Newlines Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, reports: -- The FCC says that last February 21st it received a complaint that a CB radio station in Corpus Christi was jamming communications on CB channel 19 by continually re-broadcasting the programming of a local AM broadcast station. An agent from the Commission's Houston Office used radio direction finding and determined that the signal originated from an antenna mounted on a house in that city While the agent was making measurements on the radio signal, Donald Winton exited the house and walked down the driveway. The agent introduced himself and requested to inspect the CB radio station inside the house. Mr. Winton confirmed this location was his residence and that the CB station belonged to him, but refused to make it available for inspection. The agent advised Winton that the Commission's Rules require the operator of a CB radio station to make the station available for inspection. Winton still refused. The agent then requested that Winton go inside and take the station off the air because it was blocking communications on CB radio channel 19. The FCC says that Winton walked into the house and the station's transmissions ceased. Winton returned and continued to refuse to make the station available for inspection, so the agent left. On April 23, 2007, the Houston Office issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture to Winton in the amount of $7,000. Winton responded by requesting either a reduction or cancellation of the fine. He also claimed that his CB transmitter was not on when the agent arrived, and that, if it was on, it must have been operated by homeless people whom he allows access to his home. He also claimed that he did not allow the agent access to his home, because the agent did not have a warrant and because he was concerned that his dogs might injure the agent. Finally, he states that he was not aware of any of the Commission's Rules governing CB radios. But the FCC says that Winton has no explanation for how the agents used direction finding to locate the source of the signal to his residence. Nor could he explain how the agent was able to observe the signal right before he came out of his house. And the FCC noted that Winton admits that he refused to provide the agent access to his CB station located in his residence. This, even though FCC rules authorize inspection of all CB stations by the Commission. Accordingly, agents are not required to obtain a warrant to inspect a CB station. The bottom line. The FCC says that it finds no basis for cancellation or reduction of the $7,000 forfeiture and has ordered Donald Winton to pay it within the next 30 days. For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in Los Angeles. -- At this point Winton has only two choices. He can pay the $7000 fine or he can appeal the matter higher up the FCC's administrative chain. (FCC) ** ON THE WEB: IQSLUSA ANNOUNCED Yet another new electronic QSL service has emerged. Calling itself I QSL USA, the founders says that it is aimed at both electronic as well paper QSL users and contains several innovative features designed to make QSLing a lot easier. More information is on-line at www.iqslusa.com. (VA3FH via qrz.com) ** ON THE WEB: 14000.NET CELEBRATES ITS FIRST ANNIVERSARY The 14300.net website will celebrate it's one year anniversary next month. The brain child of Steve Wojton, NN2NN, the website was started in August of 2006 to help promote the net activities on the 20 meter frequency of 14.300 MHz. Since then the site has steadily grown in popularity with those assisting with traffic and with the ham radio sailing community. With some exclusive content and easy to navigate links concerning net operation, 14300.net has become a useful tool for the many net control stations who volunteer countless hours to handling traffic on 14.300 MHz. The site is in cyberspace at http://14300.net (Southgate) ** NAMES IN THE NEWS: N6USO RELEASE FROM HOSPITAL - RECOVERING AT HOME Some good news to report. Word that Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputy Burton Brink, N6USO is out of the hospital and recovering at home from injuries suffered in an on-duty accident. As previously reported, the incident took place on June 13th. This, when a driver tried to exit the carpool lane on the Interstate 10 freeway. The motorist, who was in violation of state law requiring there be more than one person in the car did not check for a clear lane. He collided with Brink who was on motorcycle patrol. N6USO suffered 9 broken ribs, a broken shoulder blade, a punctured lung and a punctured spleen. He required almost a month of hospital care and it will likely be another half year before he can return to duty. Brink asks that nobody call him right now as he is still in a lot of pain. Get well wishes are best sent by e-mail to . (WA6ILQ) ** NAMES IN THE NEWS: WR1B NAMED NEW EDITOR OF QEX And a word of congratulations to Larry Wolfgang, WR1B, on being named as the new editor of the ARRL publication QEX. He assumes the position from Doug Smith, KF6DX, who has edited QEX since September of `1998. Wolfgang had been serving as QEX Managing Editor for the past year and a half and as a member of Newsline's Young Ham of the Year judging committee for the past two seasons. (ARRL) ** BREAK 2 This is ham radio news for today's radio amateur. From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline with links to the world from our only official website at www.arnewsline.org and being relayed by the volunteer services of the following radio amateur: (5 sec pause here) ** ON THE NET: WEATHERBRAINS - A FREE NETCAST ABOUT THE WEATHER If you are a radio amateur involved in severe weather spotting or just ham an interest in the environment, a couple of hams in Alabama have a website you will want to visit and an Internet radio show you will want to hear. The website and the show are both called WeatherBrains. In one recent program they interviewed Gary Woodall of the National Weather Service office in Ft. Worth, Texas to find out about the art of post storm surveys: -- Audio only. Hear it by downloading the MP3 version of this newscast at www.arnewsline.org -- Weatherbrains is the brain child of Birmingam weathercaster James Spann, WO4W, television producer David Black, KB4KCH and a couple of their weather centric friends. All experts in the area of weather forecasting. Each week the WeatherBrains crew takes an in depth look at all sides of the weather scene and brings it to their listeners in a way that's entertaining and easy to understand. The WeatherBrains program originates from the studios of The Weather Company in Birmingham, Alabama. New shows are posted each Tuesday. To subscribe or learn more about WeatherBrains take your web browser to www.weatherbrains.com And less we forget -- listening to WeatherBrains is free. (ARNewsline(tm)) ** THE SOCIAL SCENE: LIVE COVERAGE FROM THE 2007 HUNTSVILLE HAMFEST On the ham radio social scene, Tom Medlin, WA5KUB, reports that he will once again be streaming live audio and video of this years Huntsville Hamfest. Coverage begins with his drive from Cordova, Tennessee to Huntsville That starts at O8:OO hours Central U-S time on Friday morning August 17th. Once he arrives in Huntsville, he will begin his live broadcast of the Hamfest. Tom will also live stream this years Young Ham of the Year presentation that will take place at 2 P.M. Central of Saturday, August the 18th. All the action will be in cyberspace at Tom website. Its on his video page at http://wa5kub.com (WA5KUB) ** HAM RADIO IN SPACE: AO-51 PLAYING SOME FM GAMES During the period of July 10 to July 12 the AMSAT OSAR 51 satellite was in its FM repeater mode with the uplink on 1268.700 MHz and the downlink on 2401.200 MHz. On July 10th, OE1VKW reported hearing the bird flying over Vienna with very strong signals. As of July 13th, AO-51 was in the FM repeater mode, with an uplink on 145.920 MHz and downlink on 435.300 MHz. Telemetry is on the 435.150 MHz downlink. Starting on Tuesday, July 24th look for AO-51 to operate with an SSB uplink on 145.880 MHz and FM downlink via 435.300 MHz. An interesting combination of modes to say the least. (ANS) ** WORLDBEAT - INSONESIA: ORARI PROVIES A NEEDED EMCOMM SERVICE Indonesian Amateur Radio Organization Vice President M Jusuf Kalla says that his organization is still needed. Especially during emergencies and also to reach areas not accessible by telephones. In a recent interview with the Antara News Service, Kalla is quoted as saying that experience has shown that telephone transmission towers and cellular phone networks are usually among the first structures to collapse in disasters like earthquakes. Kalls says that in those such situations, Indonesian Amateur Radio Organization members often provide out to be a welcome alternative means of communication. According to the Kalla, every telecommunication technology device has its advantages and disadvantages. He noted that not all areas of Indonesia`s vast territory are accessible by telephones. As such, two-way radio is still needed as a means of communication with people in these remote areas. Now in its 39th year, the Indonesian Amateur Radio Organization has been in providing communication support during disaster-caused emergencies in the country (ANTARA News) ** WORLDBEAT - ROUMANIA: THE NEW PRO - CW - CLUB From Romania comes word of the newly formed Pro C-W Club. The creation of YO6EX, the organization is dedicated to the preservation and encouragement the art of CW communications world-wide. There are two catagories of membership. These are full and associate. . Dues is 10 Euros. Applications go to YO6EX, P.O.Box 168, SIBIU-1, RO-550450, Romania. (YO6EX) ** WORLDBEAT - NOVA SCOTIA: 4th ANNUAL MARIIME DX FORUM AUGUST 4 The 4th Annual Maritime DX Forum is slated for Saturday, August 4th, in Upper Tantallon, just outside Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Halifax Amateur Radio Club is sponsoring this years event which includes presentations by Tom Harrell, N4XP, talking about the highly challenging 2007 Scarborough Reef Dxpedition. Also on hand will be Scott Wood, VE1QD. He will take attendees vicariously on a trip to the British Antarctic Territories, which is some of the rarest DX real estate on the planet. All DX'ers and contesters are welcome. Complete details and a registration form can be downloaded from www.halifax-arc.org (Halifax ARC) ** ON THE AIR: WAR ACTIVATED IN CROSSBAND COMMUNICATIONS TEST A three letter special event callsign with no numeric indicator. That's the story of the callsign W-A-R as it was used in last May 12th in the 58th running of the Crossband Communications Test sponsored by the Army Military Affiliate Radio System. The historic W-A-R callsign was originally the property of the old United States War Department as it was known in those days. This year the W-A-R call was rolled out to be used in the cross band ham radio test station operating at the Pentagon. This was very significant to the members of the Pentagon Amateur Radio Club as the W-A-R call has been in exile at Fort Detrick, Maryland.for many years. The complete story about the W-A-R commemorative call and this years Crossband Communications Test is in the article titled Amateur Radio at the Pentagon by Bill Sexton, N1IN. It begins on Page 29 of the August Worldradio Magazine. (Worldradio) ** DX In D-X, plan ahead to work San Andres as K3WT, N0STL,W0OR and N0AT will be active from there between November 19th and the 27th. Operations will include the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest on November 24th and the 25th. This will be a Multi- Single entry. The contest callsign has not yet been announced. Also coming on this November is Greneda. This with seven operators active as J3A also during the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest. Outside the contest they will be using their own personal callsigns. QSL J3A via WA1S. (Above from various DX news sources) ** THAT FINAL ITEM: ART BELL, W6OBB, RETIRES - AGAIN And finally this week, he' done it again. Retired that is. The "he" in this case is internationally known talk show host Art Bell, W6OBB. Amateur Radio Newsline's Fred Vobbe, W8HDU, has the details: -- IF THREE TIMES IS A CHARM, THEN WHAT IS FOUR? VETERAN TALK SHOW HOST ART BELL, W6OBB STUNNED HIS AUDIENCE ON JULY 1ST WITH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT: W6OBB: "I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE TONIGHT, THAT FOR THE .... ACTUALLY .... I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY TIMES IT IS NOW ....SOMEBODY'S COUNTING .... (LAUGH) FOLLOWING TONIGHTS BROADCAST ... I AM RETIRING FROM REGULAR WEEKEND PROGRAMMING": -- THE MOVE STUNNED MANY LISTENERS OF THE "COAST TO COAST AM" SHOW THAT ART HOSTED ON THE WEEKEND. SOME LISTENERS SPECULATED THAT THIS WAS A PUBLICITY STUNT, OTHERS WERE JUST DISAPPOINTED AS BELL HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS BEING THE FOUNDER OF WHAT HAS BECOME A RATINGS WINNER IN OVERNIGHT PROGRAMMING, AND THE ONLY SOURCE FOR PARANORMAL TALK. ALTHOUGH PREVIOUS DEPARTURES FROM THE AIR WERE DUE TO PROBLEMS AND TRAGEDY IN HIS LIFE, SUCH AS THE DEATH OF HIS THIRD WIFE, RAMONNA, IN JANUARY OF 2006, BELL SAID THAT THIS IS A HAPPY RETIREMENT.: -- W6OBB: "THE REASONS, ACTUALLY, ARE STATED BY NEARLY EVERYBODY WHO EVER MAKES SUCH AN ANNOUNCEMENT. ONLY NOW I VERY CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THEM IN A VERY PERSONAL WAY. GOD HAS BLESSED ME WITH LOVE, MY LIFE, AT A TIME FRANKLY WHEN I THOUGHT I HAVE LOST ANY REASON TO LIVE, FOLLOWING MONA'S DEATH. MY WONDERFUL WIFE AIRYN, AND NOW OUR DAUGHTER ASIA." -- BELL WENT ON TO SAY THAT HIS TIME WOULD BE SPENT WITH HIS NEW FAMILY. ART ALSO SAID THAT SINCE HE IS OF "RETIREMENT AGE" HE WOULD LIKE TO MORE OR LESS STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES, AND TAKE SOME TIME OFF. MANY HAMS HAVE NOTICED THAT HE HAS BEEN RATHER SILENT FROM THE 160 AND 80 METER BANDS, SO ONE HAS TO HOPE THAT ART HAS ALSO NOT RETIRED FROM HAM RADIO. : FOR THE AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE, IN LIMA OHIO, I'M FRED VOBBE, W8HDU -- According to Fred, Ian Punnet will fill in for Art Bell on weekends until a permanent replacement is found. (W8HDU, ARNewsline(tm) - audio use courtesy of W6OBB) ** NEWSCAST CLOSE With thanks to Alan Labs, AMSAT, the ARRL, the CGC Communicator, CQ Magazine, the FCC, the Ohio Penn DX Bulletin, Radio Netherlands, Rain, the RSGB, the Southgate News and Australia's W-I-A News, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline(tm). Our e-mail address is . More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's(tm) only official website located at www.arnewsline.org. You can also write to us or support us at Amateur Radio Newsline(tm), P.O. Box 660937, Arcadia, California 91066. For now, with Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the editors desk, I'm Jim Davis, W2JKD, saying 73 and we thank you for listening. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. |
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"William M. Pasternak" wrote in
: RESTRUCTURING: FOUNDATION CLASS MANIA IS SWEEPING THE GLOBE Call it Foundation Class mania. The successful introduction of Foundation Licenses, particularly in Britain and Australia, continues to be food for thought in a number of other countries around the world. What exactly is a "Foundation class" license? - 73 de Mike KB3EIA - |
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![]() "Mike Coslo" wrote in message 36... What exactly is a "Foundation class" license? It's a very bare-bones entry class license, with an easy entrance examination and a low level of privileges, sort of "here's a taste of amateur radio --- there's more where this came from". The Man in the Maze QRV from Baboquivari Peak, AZ -- Iitoi |
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![]() "Mike Coslo" wrote in message 36... What exactly is a "Foundation class" license? Here's information further to my last post. http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2002/01/10/1/ The Man in the Maze QRP from Baboquivari Peak, AZ -- Iitoi |
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"Iitoi" wrote in message
"Mike Coslo" wrote in message 36... What exactly is a "Foundation class" license? It's a very bare-bones entry class license, with an easy entrance examination and a low level of privileges, sort of "here's a taste of amateur radio --- there's more where this came from". You're also restricted to type-approved equipment. 73 Ivor G6URP |
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![]() "Iitoi" wrote in message ... "Mike Coslo" wrote in message 36... What exactly is a "Foundation class" license? Here's information further to my last post. http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2002/01/10/1/ The Man in the Maze QRP from Baboquivari Peak, AZ -- Iitoi It appears to me like the "Foundation License" is actually more difficult to get than our current Technician license. The mandatory 10 hour class, while philosophically a good idea, could be a real hardship for people in our rural areas and people whose work schedules do not accommodate available class schedules. On the other hand, in the US, one can get the short question/answer/brief explanation books and fit their study into available moments as they come along in the course of the day. Dee, N8UZE |
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