XPost: rec.radio.amateur.policy, uk.radio.amateur   
   From: nomail@example.com   
      
   Ian Jackson  wrote:   
   > In message , Gareth's Downstairs Computer   
   >  writes   
   >>On 08/03/2018 11:50, Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed wrote:   
   >>>  The Icom UK D-STAR repeater, GB7IC, nears the magical figure of 2000   
   >>>D-STAR callsign registrations. GB7IC's first registration was way back   
   >>>in April 2008, and ten years later nearly 2000 people have registered   
   >>>via our repeater to the gateway   
   >>   
   >>Presumambly all CBers and fools' licensees wanting BBC quality   
   >>telephone conversations, for whatevet else it is, it is definitely   
   >>not amateur radio.   
   >>   
   > While it's undeniable that all this modern stuff is wonderful, I'm not   
   > sure that I really approve of having to 'register' for anything that   
   > uses the amateur bands.   
      
   Here in the Netherlands you need to register to use the amateur bands at   
   all.  There is no license anymore, you only need to register a callsign.   
      
   (pitfall: to register a callsign you need to logon to some webpage   
   for which you require a username and password which you get only after   
   passing an exam)   
      
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