Subj : Re: US 2 metre licence query
To   : alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf
From : Ralph Mowery
Date : Wed Oct 05 2005 04:08:01

From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf


"Doc Savage." <xxxrabbisxx@cambs.edu> wrote in message
news:Xns96E626DBF476Dxxrabbisxx@195.8.68.218...
>
> I was chatting with a guy from Iowa in another group, and he mentioned
that
> he could use 2 metres with a free to all licence - like a CB licence - no
> exam, no fee (his words).
>
> I thought the minimum requirement for 2M since the revision was a novice
> licence.  I've tried reading the QST and ARRL sites and I've even
struggled
> to digest the FCC site and US GPO site, but I can't see anything other
than
> QRP VHF and UHF PMR and CB test free licences.
>
> Am I about to learn something, or is my hazy memory of the (pre-revision)
US
> regulations still reliable?
>
>
> 73
> G4
>
> Active (QRP FT-817) on 10M, 20M, 40M and 80M if there's enough wind to
loft
> my kite antenna.
>
The novice license is not good for 2 meters.  The Technician license is good
for all ham priviliges above 50 mhz.  To get it you must take a written test
but no code test.  There is no fee for this to the FCC but the volunteers
giving it may (most do) charge a fee up to whatever the FCC sets as the
maximum.

There are the low power handy talkies around 460 mhz that is free to all.

.