[CW] FCC Fees for Amateur Licenses starts April 19, 2022

[Hans Brakob]

I won’t lobby for higher fees.  Neither will I complain about a fee of $3.50/year.  Less than the price of a gallon of fuel.



73, de Hans, KØHB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”™
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When we pushed back on the latest license-fees idea, one of the things that amused me were the many hams arguing in favor of paying fees and even higher fees.  They argued it was a good thing, so I asked if they had been voluntarily sending money to the government for the reasons they'd outlined.  No responses were forthcoming.

I can certainly appreciate the arguments pro and con, but people passionately arguing in favor of higher prices, fees, or taxes always seems a little suspect.

Here in my state, for example, we had a debate about adding and increasing fees for use of state parks.  When I pointed out that higher cost of park usage would tend to discourage people of lower-income brackets from going in the parks, there were those who open said that was a good result.  The same happened a couple times during the ham radio license fee discussions.  I remember a guys saying things along the lines of, "If you can't afford those fees, you should not be in the hobby."


Steve WD8DAS

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http://www.wd8das.net/
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