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|    Tony Langdon to Joe Delahaye    |
|    Re: Wannbe HAM    |
|    20 Sep 16 07:57:00    |
      -=> Joe Delahaye wrote to Tony Langdon <=-               JD> Some of us could. Originally I was not allowed to build frm scratch,        JD> not use a home built. The original no-code class did not allow it.        JD> Also there was no HF allowed for that class. When they changed the        JD> rules again, I was grandfathered into the new rules and could do all              I was always allowed to homebrew, because I did the full theory. Even though I       was a Novice effectively on the HF bands, home brew transmitters were still       allowed. Since then, I've been grandfathered into the current Advanced licence       (highest level), because the only difference between me and the old full calls       was I had 5WPM Morse, instead of 10.                     ... Crayons can take you more places than starships. * Guinan       --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49        * Origin: Freeway BBS - freeway.apana.org.au (3:633/410)    |
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