From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hamish Moffatt Subject: Re: callsign limit Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 23:47:29 +1000 Message-ID: <20060601134728.GA19529@cloud.net.au> References: <200605310927.56706.vk3heg@iinet.net.au> <20060531093716.GA21395@cloud.net.au> <200606011034.38339.vk3heg@iinet.net.au> <620c90570606010354y1ddd0fb4p4326860171acfda3@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <620c90570606010354y1ddd0fb4p4326860171acfda3@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 06:54:33AM -0400, Chuck Hast wrote: > I assume that these licenses are some sort of celebratory license? Not at all. It's a new introductory license. The concept was pioneered in the UK a few years ago and recently introduced in Australia. Licensees do a weekend course followed by a written exam and practical assessment. In return they get access to 80/40/15/10m SSB with 10W limit plus 2m/70cm FM, commercial gear only (no homebrew). It's been very popular. Foundation licenses all have calls of the form VKnFxxx. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB