[AMRadio] Extra Class downgraded to advanced

Mon Oct 31 22:49:23 EDT 2011

I think the FCC should grandfather to Extra class all Advanced class
amateurs now that there is no more code requirement and the Extra class
theory is greatly watered down from years ago.
After all......anyone who has an Advanced class today has already passed far
more difficult testing and demonstrated dedication and proficiency for
decades.
Apparently there are not too many of us left for whatever reason.
Most if not all General class amateurs from 68' on back are still pissed off
at that (*^&^$^%*&^# ARRL and FCC for rolling back considerable privileges
to I think what they are today. That was a significant loss and it really
hurt.

Dave Harmon
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:amradio-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of alton young
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 8:50 PM
To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Extra Class downgraded to advanced

all the people had to do to up grade from advanced to extra was do the code
the extra theory was nothing ,then came along the no code and a little sat
and regs and boy everyone thought they did something.dont ever think you did
something monumental , we jump through the hoops the f.c.c. sets forth
albeit now pretty simple.but we hams do what we have to at the time to
comply.many of us did the gen,adv,extra with 20 wpm not because we wanted to
but because that was the standard set forth at the time .I hope the new
extras enjoy the priviledges.
--- On Mon, 10/31/11, Neal Newman <cozy659 at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Neal Newman <cozy659 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Extra Class downgraded to advanced
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service"
<amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Monday, October 31, 2011, 9:40 PM

Well  I too am in that twilight zone called the Advanced class. The FCC
should take into account how many years one works as a broadcast
engineer,and forget the sat requirement and give us Advanced class broadcast
engineer experience credits for an Extra plus class

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On Oct 31, 2011, at 9:30 PM, "Bernie Doran" <qedconsultants at embarqmail.com>
wrote:

> I do not believe this, and doubt if the FCC would even do it!! name a few
of 
> the " lot"
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kevin Raper" <kj4hyd at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" 
> <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 3:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Extra Class
> 
> 
>> 
>> On Oct 31, 2011, at 12:29 PM, Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:
>> 
>>> It could be worse: you could hold a license class below Extra that
>>> doesn't even exist anymore. I'm still an Advanced class while all my
>>> buddies are Extras. They do give me a bit of good-natured ribbing
>>> about it, reminding me that at least the General Class still exists!
>> 
>> LOL, I know a lot of Extras downgraded to Advanced when No-Code Extra
came 
>> out so they could "Prove" They earned it with Code.
>> 
>> Everybody to their own, I reckon.
>> 
>>> Congrats on the upgrade. I look forward to working you on the bands 
>>> soon -
>> 
>> I am looking forward to it as well.
>> 
>> 73,
>> Kevin Raper
>> KJ4HYD/AE
>> CE WCKI WQIZ WLTQ
>> 
>> There is no limitation to the fidelity of AM radio. From a mathematical 
>> standpoint, AM does better in frequency response than FM. - Leonard Kahn
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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