XPost: rec.radio.amateur.policy, uk.radio.amateur   
   From: Aero.Spike@mail.invalid   
      
   On 12/06/2018 08:50, Brian Reay wrote:   
   > On 12/06/2018 09:32, Jeff wrote:   
   >> On 11/06/2018 13:52, Ian Jackson wrote:   
      
   >>> "Some might reasonably say "isn't the Foundation licence Entry Level?"   
   >>> but when you read the ITU Recommendation M.1544 that details the   
   >>> minimum requirements for an Amateur licence you can see that the   
   >>> current UK Foundation is set at a much higher level."   
      
   >> I would dispute that, the Foundation licence leaves out many aspects of   
   >> what would be required to fully meet the recommendations, which are:   
      
   >> verify the operational and technical qualifications of any person   
   >> wishing to operate an amateur station   
      
   >> demonstrate a theoretical knowledge of:   
   >> – Radio regulations   
   >>   – international   
   >>   – domestic   
   >> – Methods of radiocommunication   
   >>   – radiotelephony   
   >>   – radiotelegraphy   
   >>   – data and image   
   >> -Radio system theory   
   >>   – transmitters   
   >>   – receivers   
   >>   – antennas and propagation   
   >>   – measurements   
   >>   – Radio emission safety   
   >> – Electromagnetic compatibility   
   >> – Avoidance and resolution of radio frequency interference.   
      
   > Indeed. The RA/Ofcom tended/tend to follow UK gov policy and adhere to   
   > international rules/regs. Just as they tend to err towards harmonising   
   > things - hence the recent changes to CB.   
      
   So, no 'moral persuasion' there from licence-fee payers, then, just a   
   bureaucratic organisation fulfilling a political objective - as you were   
   told earlier would be the case.   
      
      
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