[OZAPRS] ZL 6m bandplan

[Dick]

Here Here.......

Cheers, Dick.
VK7DIK.


Ray Wells wrote:
> Is Andrew anti-WIA or anti-FCALL, or both?
>
> We need to propagate the bands, and the F-calls are a great way to 
> introduce people to the hobby to try to see that happens.
>
> As someone with nothing more than a desire to move from a SWL to an 
> amateur operator, near fifty years ago, I experienced many years of hard 
> slog, teaching myself everything I knew to sit the written theory 
> examination back in 1969. I met many people along the way who couldn't 
> make the grade, and that's disappointing because some of them would have 
> made better operators than some who hold a licence, including myself.
>
> If it's the low level of knowledge that bothers you, you need to 
> question just how much a long-term holder of a ticket knows about 
> "today's" radio/electronics environment, as applicable to the hobby. How 
> many would pass the examination today? If re-licencing was compulsory 
> we'd have a lot more F-calls.
>
> The hobby has always had its knockers. First it was knocking the Z call 
> in the 1950's - they're not real amateurs, then the Novice Licence in 
> the 1970's - the licence exam is too easy, and now F-calls - make up 
> your own reason.
>
> As easy as radio/electronics is to someone who's worked with it for a 
> lifetime as a hobby, or it's because it's their profession, not everyone 
> who wants to get into amateur radio was born with a soldering iron in 
> their hand.
>
> And think about some of those who would have been knocked in the past 
> for not holding a "full" licence, despite the theory examination for the 
> AOCP and AOLCP being identical. Think about the microwave work done by 
> Bill Cox, VK2ZAC and the Aircraft Enhancement work of Gordon McDonald, 
> VK2ZAD. Who could say the late Chris Jones, VK2ZDD wasn't a "full" 
> amateur, given the tireless work he did for amateur radio in this 
> country, despite having a Z call. There were, and are, many more.
>
> It's not the grade of licence that matters, it's how you apply it.
>
> Ray vk2tv
>
>
> Andrew Rich (Home) wrote:
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>> WIA = FCALL factory
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>> Andrew Rich
>> Airways Technical Officer Grade 4
>> Surveillance - RADAR ADS-B
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Scott Evans" <scott at vk7hse.hobby-site.org>
>> To: <zl3ai at qsl.net>; "Australian APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>> Cc: "ZLAPRS" <zlaprs at yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 7:19 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] ZL 6m bandplan
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>>> WOW colour! Hmm looks like the WIA are behind the times!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, August 30, 2009 6:52 pm, David Fraser wrote:
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>>>> http://www.nzart.org.nz/maps/2009/2009-bp1-2.pdf
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