Subj : Re: US 2 metre licence query To : alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf From : an old friend Date : Mon Oct 10 2005 20:59:28 From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf Doc Savage. wrote: > "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. no one using 2 m is required to understand CW I certainly don't unless it was sos i would like reconize it > > 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? it could mean that the callsigsn was isued to him (a non vanity call with N0, K0, KA0 KB0 KC0 would issueed with a non vanity call in Iowa Mo the Dakodas and a number of other states in the area if his licensed test were first taken while he was a resident of those states, just as the KB9 in my call show I took the test in ILLinois or indiana or wisconsin however if heis was a vanity call it means nada > 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) .