Subj : Re: US 2 metre licence query
To   : alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf
From : an_old_friend
Date : Tue Oct 04 2005 22:46:37

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


Doc Savage. wrote:
> 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).

there isn't a fee for the license but there is an exam for which you
can be charged a fee to take

OTOH during an emergency anything goes so it depends on exactly what he
said

In practical terms however 2M can be used by anyone at a distance from
Gettyburg and a few other stations the FCC uses

Thus in pratical terms no license is required as matter of law the tech
lic
>
> 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.

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