Subj : Re: US 2 metre licence query To : alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf From : Doc Savage. Date : Tue Oct 11 2005 04:38:24 From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf "an_old_friend" wrote in news:1128487597.519176.107500@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: > > 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 > When I mentioned having a Fukk (formerly Class A) UK Amateur licence, he said he also had a free, no code Ham licence but it restricted him to use of 2 metres *only*, which had a certain aroma about it, though I wasn't sure if the aroma was sour or sickly sweet. To test his reaction, I threw some simple CW 'shorthand' and a local K zero IRLP repeater node into the qso which he obviously didn't understand. I believe the Iowa poster was lying in the name of 'one up on the Joneses', and given his track record, I'm being kind as well as polite. I have another query if you don't mind. I understood the callsign for Iowa is K0 (Kilo Zero). What's the significance of callsigns beginning N0 (November zero) and KB0 (Kilo Bravo zero) in that State? The two quoted are for IRLP nodes/ 70cm repeaters in Cedar Falls, Davenport and Conrad, all Ia G4Zxx, masked to prevent 'stalking'. Active QRP 80M thru 70Cm Rx only on 50MHz (FT-817) .