XPost: rec.radio.amateur.policy, uk.radio.amateur   
   From: news@fenrir.org.uk   
      
   On 08 Mar 2018 14:20:14 GMT   
   Rob wrote:   
      
   > 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)   
      
   Interesting, I discovered today that this is also true of Sweden   
   although there are moves there to vary the power limit and charge people   
   quite a lot for staying at the current 1kW limit as opposed to the   
   proposed 200W limit.   
      
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   Brian Morrison   
      
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