[AMRadio] Extra Class downgraded to advanced

[Geoff]

On 11/16/2011 6:38 PM, Rick Poole wrote:
> For some period of time before "incentive licensing" came about in
> 1964 or 1965, there were absolutely no differences in privileges
> between General/Conditional, Advanced, and Extra.


When did license Classes change from Class A to Advanced?

That's when the "Extra" came in, and the old Class A operators were 
bumped down to Advanced, and therefore not allowed the bottom 25kc of 
the band.


> That was true at least in and after 1959, when I first started studying for my license
> (didn't actually get it until 1964).  Before 1959, I can not attest,
> but I believe that the same situation was in place much earlier,
> perhaps as far back as the early 1950's when the Extra class was created.
>
> Before that... prior to, say, 1951... I have no idea.


I wasn't around then, being a '58 model, m'self


> The whole idea behind incentive licensing in '64-'65 was to "correct"
> that, and encourage people to upgrade for something besides just
> bragging rights.
>

That would be when they changed from Class A, and Condition to 
Technicial, General, Advanced and Extra.  Probably the same time the 
Novice class came to be.

73 = Best Regards,
-Geoff/W5OMR
(btw, Rick - I -like- the way you post messages!)


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