[CW] QRM and Technician License Expansion

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

Richard,

The Extra Class license also gave you one of these, but ONLY if you knew
about it and applied for it from the FCC District Engineer-In-Charge!

http://qsl.net/n1ea/extra_cert.jpg

Nate Hallenstein, E-I-C had a great signature and still used a fountain pen!

73

DR

On Mon, Mar 18, 2019, 21:57 Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>      Keep in mind that in the old days the privileges increased
> with the class of license. When I got my first license c.early
> 1960s, the general class already had all privileges. I got a
> general first thing. A few years earlier there was an Extra Class
> and Advanced class both with more privileges than the General.
> When I took my test one could still apply for an Extra but it
> didn't give you anything other than the prestige. My impression
> is that the reduction in the number of classes and elimination of
> the code test is more to make things easier for the FCC than
> anything else.
>      Amateur radio is probably considered obsolete by many, if
> not most, of the younger people these days. Certainly the
> internet and cell phones have taken away some of the incentives
> from it. The thrill of talking to someone in another country or
> continent is no longer, we do it every day. Yet, I think there is
> still an incentive as far as learning about something and using a
> method that does not require an enormous external network. The
> little boxes in my garage/shack, with the aid of some wire, will
> reach out to the world.
>      We all know that it is common for someone to become
> interested in ham radio and loose interest again after a few
> years. Some never do, some come back to it after a while. I don't
> think you can _make_ someone interested, they either are or or not.
>
> On 3/18/2019 6:32 PM, Ron Youvan wrote:
> >     N7DC at comcast.net wrote:
> >
> >> It did not fail.  Thousands use the incentive to upgrade over
> >> the years, until someone got it in mind that they were being
> >> left out, because they refused to go in and take the next
> >> test.  That was the failure.
> >
> >    I think the idea of taking privileges away (from Generals) and
> > making
> > them re-available (with others) was a very bad idea.
> >    It left a bad taste in my mouth.  There are lots of reasons to
> > upgrade, one is to work DX, I don't know how upgrades can be
> > attributed
> > to the incentive program.
>
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
> WB6KBL
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