[SixClub] new general ticket.

Thu, 19 Feb 2004 09:24:26 -0500

My undertsanding (for what it is worth) is that Techs will be upgraded to
General only if they pass the General written element - which I have. Bring
it on FCC, about time you caught up with the rest of the world - LOL

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward Leicester" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [SixClub] new general ticket.

> Taken from the ARRL website:
>
>
> "The middle group of licensees--Technician, Tech Plus (Technician with
> Element 1 credit) and General--would be consolidated into a new General
> license that no longer would require a Morse examination. Current
Technician
> and Tech Plus license holders automatically would gain current General
class
> privileges without additional testing. The current Element 3 General
> examination would remain in place for new applicants."
>
> From what I read, everyone becomes a General except Advanced and Extras.
> They get consolidated together.
>
> IMOH, The Techs and  Tech+'s should be put into the new Novice Class.
Anyway
> you look at it, the fact that the new Novice Class gets HF priveleges
right
> away is an upgrade for the T/T+ group. If you want to give the T+ a break,
> give them a 1 year graace period to TAKE the general test. At the end of
> that year, any remaing T+ become Novices.
>
> My nickels  worth.
>
>
>
> 73 de Ed/kg4qmi
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dennis Kaylor" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [SixClub] new general ticket.
>
>
> > i think you will find the ARRL will let Techs with the 5 WPM grandfather
> > to general not the NoCode Techs
> >
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