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|    JIMMY ANDERSON to TONY LANGDON    |
|    Re: Wannbe HAM    |
|    17 Sep 16 07:59:00    |
      -=> Tony Langdon wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-               -=> JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to JOE DELAHAYE <=-               JA> I remember having a license, but I thought it was voluntary. The whole        JA> point of "citizen's band" was it was open for citizens to use - no        JA> license needed.               TL> Licences were compulsory in Australia, but it was a simple matter of        TL> filling in the paperwork and paying the fee. No other qualifications        TL> or documentation needed. That was the "Citizens" part of "Citizens        TL> Band" - anyone could get a licence by simply paying the fee.              Now that part is the same - people that did get a license just paid the       fee here and it was done. No test, etc.               JA> I *THINK* we were WKY-409, but I woudn't swear to it...               TL> My official CB callsign was VGE610. :)               JA> Just did a google - apparently there are other people that would like        JA> to know their old CB license. :-)               TL> I still remember mine (see above). :)              My wife remembers her dad's too, back in the day.                     ... I DID IT! I invented the unadoptable tagline! Try it. Won't work.       --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49        * Origin: Neptune's Lair - Olive Branch MS - winserver.org:1974 (1:116/18)    |
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