[SOC] FW: UK Licensing changes

[Mike Besemer (KG8L/4)]

The end is near...

--- geoff@palaemon.co.uk wrote:
> Hi Fellahs (and Fellah-esses),
>
> I thought that you may be interested....
>
> <quote>
>
> The RSGB is pleased to announce that, with effect
> from Friday the 25th of
> July, there is no longer a requirement to have
> passed a Morse code test in
> order to operate on the HF bands in the UK. All Full
> and Intermediate Class
> B licensees are therefore automatically granted
> their respective Class A
> operating privileges and may operate on the HF bands
> using their existing
> callsigns from the 25th of July. Class B licensees
> need not take any action
> to obtain these additional operating privileges.
>
> </quote>
>
> This was taken from the RSGB's web site (members
> only section).
>
> I believe that the formal announcement will be made
> in the London (Belfast /
> Edinburgh) Gazette at around noon local time Friday,
> 25th July.
>
> I guess that means that I will have to dust off my
> venerable old KW 2000A!
>
> Geoff
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