[OZAPRS] Re: Foundation calls gentle reminder

[Hamish Moffatt]

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:32:03AM +1030, Kim Hawtin wrote:
> Hi Hamish,
> 
> Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 09:29:34AM +0100, Mike Zwingl oe3mzc wrote:
> >> just a quick input from an outsider (European):
> >> we have recently abolished ALL LIMITATIONS ON MODES in amateur radio  
> >> legislation here.
> >>
> >> So entry-level liceces are just limited in frequency bands and power
> >> and they are not supposed to build a transmitter on their own,
> >> but beside this, every area for experiments is open to them.
> 
> It sounds like Europe is the place to be getting in HAM radio...
> 
> Perhaps the ACAM is catering more to the appliance operators?
> 
> What ever happened to the "clever country" tag we worked so hard for?

The foundation training is quite introductory (one weekend for technical
and regulations) so I don't think excluding experimentation, or modes
that are more fussy (meaning greater interference potential) is
unreasonable.


cheers
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish at debian.org> <hamish at cloud.net.au>
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