XPost: uk.radio.amateur   
   From: not@for.mail   
      
   On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 12:08:03 +0100, Gareth's Downstairs Computer   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 15/07/2017 11:50, MKARS via rec.radio.info Admin wrote:   
   >> We welcome into the world of amateur radio the following students who   
   >> passed their Foundation exam this evening, they are:-   
   >   
   >Naming no names, but grown men who have struggled to pass an   
   >exam targetted at 5-year-olds are not radio amateurs by any   
   >stretch of the imagination.   
   >   
   >High time that the Fools' Licence was done away with, because   
   >it sets amateur radio BELOW CB Radio insofar as CBers are not   
   >examined upon their operating style.   
   >   
   >ISTR that there are some grown men who subscribe to this NG   
   >who took out 5-year-olds' licences; unbelievable!!!!!   
      
   In Australia Foundation Licence power is less than CB power.   
   Foundation is 3 watts AM/FM and 10 watts PEP SSB.   
   CB is 4/5 watts AM/FM and 12 watts PEP SSB.   
      
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