Subj : Re: US 2 metre licence query To : alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf From : Barry OGrady Date : Thu Oct 13 2005 00:30:36 From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:32:07 GMT, nospam@nouce.bellatlantic.net wrote: > >US license _Tecnician Class_: > >Fee for test (14$ last I heard). Technical test no code. What does it mean when you put the $ after the number? >All bands above 30mhz premitted (there is not a 2m FM only license). >Power is 1500W (thre are local restrictions) >Bands 6M, 2M 1.25m, 70cm, 30cm (900mhz), 23cm, and up >Modes Any and all permitted on VHF and UHF bands > > >Allison >KB!GMX FN42hh > >On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 03:38:24 +0100, "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. >> >>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) >> >> Barry ===== Home page http://members.iinet.net.au/~barry.og .