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Title: Is U. S. Foundation-type Licenses In Our Future Post by: Pete, WA2CWA on September 21, 2006, 01:50:30 PM From the ARRL:
The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) reports that the number of new radio amateurs "down under" has grown by upward of 500 licensees -- 3.4 percent -- in the 11-month period ending August 1. WIA credits the Foundation license with helping to reverse a trend of declining ham radio numbers. For the rest of the story, go here: http://www.remote.arrl.org/?artid=6791 Read the background on the Foundation License and check out the mode and frequency range for 80 meters. This should make the CW guys take notice: http://www.wia.org.au/foundation/foundation%20licence%20information-v1.pdf Title: Re: Is U. S. Foundation-type Licenses In Our Future Post by: k4kyv on September 21, 2006, 11:02:40 PM Quote The foundation licence operator can only use commercially manufactured equipment. Great! So we institutionalise appliance operating. Title: Re: Is U. S. Foundation-type Licenses In Our Future Post by: Steve - WB3HUZ on September 22, 2006, 08:46:55 PM Quote Great! So we institutionalise appliance operating. Who are we? Are you Australian Don? Title: Re: Is U. S. Foundation-type Licenses In Our Future Post by: k4kyv on September 23, 2006, 01:05:01 AM Remember the whole no-code thing got started in New Zealand with NCI.
Title: Re: Is U. S. Foundation-type Licenses In Our Future Post by: Steve - WB3HUZ on September 23, 2006, 01:11:33 PM New Zealand is a great place. Spent some time there earlier this year. No code was and is a good idea.
Title: Re: Is U. S. Foundation-type Licenses In Our Future Post by: k4kyv on September 23, 2006, 10:25:29 PM I've travelled to a few places in Europe and Africa, but never managed to get south of the equator. Do remember standing right on top of it years ago on the tarmac at the airport in Entebbe, Uganda.
I would like to get a view of the southern nighttime sky some day. If you like know-code vs no-code debates, all you have to do is start a thread on QRZ.com. Title: Re: Is U. S. Foundation-type Licenses In Our Future Post by: Steve - WB3HUZ on September 24, 2006, 01:28:17 PM You'd love NZ. Clean air, wide open spaces, natural beauty.
Not looking for a code/no-code debate. The debate is over. No code licensees have access to 99% of the amateur radio spectrum. Not much left to argue about. Title: Re: Is U. S. Foundation-type Licenses In Our Future Post by: W3SLK on September 24, 2006, 06:06:54 PM Don said:
Quote I've travelled to a few places in Europe and Africa, but never managed to get south of the equator. Do remember standing right on top of it years ago on the tarmac at the airport in Entebbe, Uganda. I was really disappointed to find out that when I crossed it, I didn't see any 'dashed-lines' marking it in the middle of the Indian Ocean. ;) Title: Re: Is U. S. Foundation-type Licenses In Our Future Post by: Pete, WA2CWA on October 04, 2006, 07:25:09 PM I haven’t seen anything in print where the ARRL is advocating a “foundation class” license.
The ARRL had tried to get the Novice license class resurrected but the FCC shot it down. The 6 meter band plan does provide space for "remote control" at 50.8-51.0, Radio remote control (20-kHz channels), 53.1, 53.2, 53.3, 53.4 (Radio remote control), and 53.5, 53.6, 53.7, 53.8 (Radio remote control). So we need The "World Above 50 MHz" column. Title: Re: Is U. S. Foundation-type Licenses In Our Future Post by: Pete, WA2CWA on October 05, 2006, 04:25:30 PM I never said they didn't need that column. If the League should ever change its emphasis from Part 97 to the Part 95 services, they could use remote control and the GMRS, MURS, and Family Radio services as justification to continue it. Yep, you're correct. I went back and read it; seems I got the words reformatted and removed twisted in my mind. |