XPost: uk.radio.amateur   
   From: headstone255.but.not.these.five.words@yahoo.com   
      
   On 15/07/2017 15:06, Lucifer Morningstar wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   Oz follows Brit down the pan?   
      
   In both cases it really does seem that untested CBers are   
   better qualified than Fools' licensees.   
      
   Interesting, therefore, that any CBer knocks M3OSN into   
   a cocked hat!   
      
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