The real problem that I see concerning the process of getting your ticket has nothing to do with the actual tests. I don't understand how the government will require people to learn so much about something, and then has serious punishments for those that break/ or abuse the rules. When they do not make it mandatory to have actual class room instruction time.

I mean seriously, what other license can you get from the government without having to take some sort of class or a minimum amount of hours in a class room? Basically what they are doing is leaving a match book in a locked room with a group of children waiting to see who burns the house down. They want to amatures to be well trained but yet they leave it up to the individual to learn everything on there own, and then when they do just enough to get by and do something wrong they are the first ones there to slap a large fine on them.

It just doesn't make any sense, someone needs to inform the mighty FCC that we do not live in the 1970's anymore. The world and our society has changed, people need structure now more than ever. So what do they do....they make it easier!

And people wonder why I stick to 11 meters.

This is a USA bandplan.

Many americans think we rule the entire world, but in fact we do not.
For example, the Canadian bandplan for 10 meters says that 28200.5 to 29300 is for "CW, Phone". So if you hear a canadian voice QSO between 28200 and 28300, you can just go pound sand. But this is just one example.

And btw in canada, 28120-28123 is for psk, 28670-28690 is for sstv & fax, and 29000-29200 is AM just like the US.

Apparently British OFCOM doesnt even mandate any bandplans, as long as your within the ham bands, no problem.

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Your info is old. I can operate voice anywhere between the band limits on ANY band. We are dictated by bandwidth not by mode so if you ever hear a Canadian operating voice on 28.005 or even 3.505 he is 100% legal. He is a fool but nevertheless a legal fool.

What's up with the mocking southern accent?

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That's just CW's impression of a CB'er. You would think a fellow from Nort Keer-o-lahna would know better than that.

i agree highlander,

i think it shows poor taste for one to associate a southern accent with stupidity.

CW, would you do the same thing with an english accent?

i realize that you are probably too set in your ways to let go of old fashioned prejudices, and evolve a little bit, but just so you are aware; the world has moved past that stereotype.

tsk.tsk...
LC

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well yeah, but what's really going on?

Yes and CW lives in the south. I guess the FCC thinks the new people will just buy a radio memorize a tast, Pay the fee, take a test and their you go another ham. You need to train a new operator not enough hams even care anymore. It's a old white man hobbie don't ya know.