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[KC9ECI]

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[k4uug]

RESTRUCTURING: BIG CHANGES DOWN-UNDER

Big changes are coming to ham radio down-under. This, as Australia announces some sweeping changes that are about to take place in that nations Amateur Radio service.

The ACA has released their report entitled "Outcomes of the Review of Amateur Service Regulation". The report contains the ACA's intended changes to the Amateur service following stakeholder response to the recent discussion paper entitled "A Review of Amateur Service Regulation."

The key changes are removal of the Morse qualification requirements for all grades of amateur radio license; introduction of a new entry level license (the Foundation License) along the lines of the UK Foundation
License, although it will be adapted to suit Australian preferences.

A three tier licensing structure: Advanced, Standard, and Foundation; translation of Unrestricted, Limited and Intermediate licenses to Advanced; translation of Novice and Novice Limited licenses to Standard;
a privileges package for the Standard License that is much greater than enjoyed by Novice Licenses today.

A generous privileges package for the Foundation License allows voice or Morse code at low power (10W PEP) using only unmodified commercial transmitting equipment on all of 80m, 40m, 15m, 10m, 2m, and most of 70cm.

Australian participation in CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-01 (reciprocal licensing) is in progress. The status-quo is essentially preserved in respect to higher operating power; interference and interference
management built on current arrangements.

Apparatus Licensing as the vehicle for licensing Australian amateur stations (though stations licensed under CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-01
would be class licensed). State significance of callsigns remains

[k4uug]

The "New" Novice

The entry-level license class--being called "Novice" for now--would require a 25-question written exam. It would offer limited HF CW/data and phone/image privileges on 80, 40, 15 and 10 meters as well as VHF and UHF privileges on 6 and 2 meters and on 222-225 and 430-450 MHz. Power output would be restricted to 100 W on 80, 40, and 15 meters and to 50 W on 10 meters and up, thus avoiding the need for the more complex RF safety questions in the Novice question pool.

"The Board sought to achieve balance in giving new Novice licensees the opportunity to sample a wider range of Amateur Radio activity than is available to current Technicians while retaining a motivation to upgrade," said ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ. "It was also seen as important to limit the scope of privileges so the exam would not have to include material that is inappropriate at the entry level."

As an introduction to Amateur Radio, the Novice license served successfully for most of its 50-year history. The FCC has not issued new Novice licenses since the 2000 license restructuring, however. Under the ARRL plan, current Novice licensees--now the smallest and least active group of radio amateurs--would be grandfathered to the new entry-level class without further testing.

Anticipating assertions that the new plan would "dumb down" Amateur Radio licensing, Harrison said those currently holding a ticket often perceive the level of complexity to have been greater when they were first licensed than it actually was. "Quite frankly," he said, "if you review the questions presented in our license manuals throughout the years, you will be surprised how they compare to those of today."

Technicians and Generals

The middle group of licensees--Technician, Tech Plus (Technician with Element 1 credit) and General--would be consolidated into a new General license that no longer would require a Morse examination. Current Technician and Tech Plus license holders automatically would gain current General class privileges without additional testing. The current Element 3 General examination would remain in place for new applicants. ARRL already has proposed additional phone privileges for Generals in its "Novice refarming" petition, RM-10413, but the FCC has not yet acted on that petition.

Morse Code Testing Retained for Extra

At the top rung, the Board indicated that it saw no compelling reason to change the Amateur Extra class license requirements. The ARRL plan calls on the FCC to combine the current Advanced and Amateur Extra class licensees into Amateur Extra, because the technical level of the exams passed by these licensees is very similar. New applicants for Extra would have to pass a 5 WPM Morse code examination, but the written exam would stay the same. The League's plan calls for current Novice, Tech Plus and General class licensees to receive lifetime Element 1 (5 WPM Morse) credit.

"This structure provides a true entry-level license with HF privileges to promote growth in the Amateur Service," Harrison said. "It also simplifies the FCC database by conforming to the current Universal Licensing System (ULS) structure and does not mandate any modifications to it."

Sumner concurred. "The Board started out by recognizing that three license classes was the right number when looking down the road 10 or 15 years," he said. "We need a new entry-level license."

"On the other hand, there's nothing particularly wrong with the existing Extra class license," he continued. "The change in the international regulations notwithstanding, the Board felt that the highest level of accomplishment in the FCC's amateur licensing structure should include basic Morse capability."

Sumner and Harrison say the current Technician entry-level ticket provides little opportunity to experience facets of ham radio beyond repeater operation. "The quality of that experience," Sumner said, "often depends on the operator's location."

Among other advantages, Sumner said the plan would allow new Novices to participate in HF SSB emergency nets on 75 and 40 meters as well as on the top 100 kHz of 15 meters. The new license also could get another name, Sumner said. "We're trying to recapture the magic of the old Novice license, but in a manner that's appropriate for the 21st century."

Proposal Includes "Novice Refarming" Band Plan

The overall proposed ARRL license restructuring plan would more smoothly integrate HF spectrum privileges across the three license classes and would incorporate the "Novice refarming" plan the League put forth nearly two years ago in a Petition for Rule Making (RM-10413). The FCC has not yet acted on the ARRL plan, which would alter the current HF subbands. The Novice refarming proposal would eliminate the 80, 40 and 15-meter Novice/Technician Plus CW subbands as such and reuse that spectrum in part to expand phone/image subbands on 80 and 40 meters.

The ARRL license restructuring design calls for no changes in privileges for Extra and General class licensees on 160, 60, 30, 20, 17 or 12 meters. Novice licensees would have no access to those bands.


Proposed Phone/Image HF Subbands (Includes Novice Refarming Proposal)
80 Meters

Extra: 3.725-4.000 MHz (gain of 25 kHz)
General: 3.800-4.000 MHz (gain of 50 kHz)
Novice: 3.900-4.000 MHz (new)
40 meters

Extra: 7.125-7.300 MHz (gain of 25 kHz)
General: 7.175-7.300 MHz (gain of 50 kHz)
Novice: 7.200-7.300 MHz (new)
15 meters


Extra: 21.200-21.450 MHz (no change)
General: 21.275-21.450 MHz (gain of 25 kHz)
Novice: 21.350-21.450 MHz (new)
10 meters

Extra and General: 28.300-29.700 MHz (no change)
Novice: 28.300-28.500 MHz (no change)
Proposed CW/Data-Exclusive HF Subbands (Includes Novice Refarming Proposal)

80 meters

Extra: 3.500-3.725 MHz
General: 3.525-3.725 MHz
Novice: 3.550-3.700 MHz
40 meters

Extra: 7.000-7.125 MHz
General: 7.025-7.125 MHz
Novice: 7.050-7.125 MHz
15 meters

Extra: 21.000-21.200 MHz
General: 21.025-21.200 MHz
Novice: 21.050-21.200 MHz
10 meters

Extra/General: 28.000-28.300 MHz
Novice: 28.050-28.300 MHz




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[n0ov]

Ultimate code study technique.

Practice for 5 minutes, drink a beer.

Practice another 5, drink another beer.

Repeat over and over.

Your code won't improve as fast, but you're tend to enjoy it more.

Heck, after a while you can even do it with out the beer!

That's when you'll be ready for the test.

Then here's the next surprise -- people actually use it to communicate! (Beer optional)

[k4uug]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (KC0LNU @ June 17 2004,01:09)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Ultimate code study technique.

Practice for 5 minutes, drink a beer.

Practice another 5, drink another beer.

Repeat over and over.

Your code won't improve as fast, but you're tend to enjoy it more.

Heck, after a while you can even do it with out the beer!

That's when you'll be ready for the test.

Then here's the next surprise -- people actually use it to communicate! #(Beer optional)[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
STANDARD SOP ON 20 METERS AND 75 METERS BY THE HIGH CLASS ELITE&quot; I KNOW MORSE CODE SO I AM GOD'S GIFT TO AMATURE RADIO &quot;AND YOU NO CODE TECH'S ARE JUST X CB'ER'S!

Carrier for 5 minutes, drink a beer.

Carrier another 5, drink another beer.

Repeat over and over OR JUST GO 5 KC OFF FREQ AND TALK TO THE WIND .
then fcc nabs YOU!
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[W0LC]

Here we go again.

Who farted?

[k4uug]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (W0LC @ June 17 2004,08:46)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">&quot;Who farted?&quot;[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
THE SMELLER IS THE FELLER http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

TRY BRUSHING YOUR TEETH IT IS YOUR BREATH YOUR SMELLING! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

[k6pme]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (KC0LNU @ June 16 2004,22:09)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Ultimate code study technique.

Practice for 5 minutes, drink a beer.

Practice another 5, drink another beer.

Repeat over and over.

Your code won't improve as fast,[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
ahem....I beg to differ on this one. Your code WILL improve very fast. In fact, after about an hour and a half you'll be wizzing right thru at 20 wpm. Too bad nobody else would be able to copy it..... http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[AG3Y]

Com'on guys! #Isn't this poor old Equine Animal dead enough yet? #Glen gave this subject a few weeks to cool off, and I don't believe that we have gone one day beyond the moratorium period before getting out the thrashing devices all over again! #

SHAME SHAME SHAME ! # http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif

Jim AG3Y

Lock it down, Glen ! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

[W0LC]

Yeah, I have to agree. The multiple posts on the same stuff by the same individuals does get a bit tiresome. One has to wonder if it is the early stages of dementia or some other form of memory loss. One sign is the constant repeating of the same thing, statements, etc., over and over.

In regards to the Code/No-Code argument. It is an argument that no one will win. Those that don't want to learn won't and those that use it, will continue to see the great value in the mode.

Reposting old posting topics won't generate any different outcome.

It sure does get tiresome to see the same inane remarks though.

[VE6VPD]

Multiple posts aside, we ALL have a job to do, and that being to send out an email like this to all of your buddies who have &quot;excuses&quot; for not doing their exams:

&quot;Hello, to those of you on the distribution who've been needing an excuse to study up, you now have one... I would think that the use of this Ham Radio Study Tool would get you fired up enough to do your tests. Now, GET STUDYING!&quot;

Tom, thanks for the link. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Do ya know if they come in 2XL by any chance? http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[KC9ECI]

No such luck. Guess I'll have to trade the XYL of for one that will fit the study aid. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[W5HTW]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (W0LC @ June 17 2004,07:59)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Yeah, I have to agree. The multiple posts on the same stuff by the same individuals does get a bit tiresome. One has to wonder if it is the early stages of dementia or some other form of memory loss. One sign is the constant repeating of the same thing, statements, etc., over and over.

In regards to the Code/No-Code argument. It is an argument that no one will win. Those that don't want to learn won't and those that use it, will continue to see the great value in the mode.

Reposting old posting topics won't generate any different outcome.

It sure does get tiresome to see the same inane remarks though.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
My guess is one of these whiners has learned a few phrases and that's all he knows. So if he is to be noticed at all, he just has to keep repeating the same thing. We can hope he will learn something else to say, but it's quite doubtful. Someone has to open the input to learn things, and stifle the output. That ain't gonna happen with some of these folks. Sadly,they represents The New Ham Radio, though.

Reminds me of a fella I knew who was a real Chevy man (well, 'man' is a bit strong. He was actually a teenager, who had never driven a pickup truck of any kind!!) If I said I preferred Fords, he would argue that a Chevy truck was better. He couldn't explain why, and he had no experience with either, so it made him angry when I pointed out Fords were the best-selling pickup truck in the nation. That was a 'fact' and he did not want to be bothered with facts. (There are quite a few folks here who do not want to be bothered with facts, either.)

Well, I agreed that Chevy trucks were probably second best. After a few exchanges along that line, his next response was &quot;Shut up or I'll kick your azz.&quot; Hmmm. That means he has run out of intelligent things to say, is tired of hearing facts and figures, can't discern the truth or reality, has no intention of learning anything, and has no ability to communicate further. So he assumes he can prove Chevys are better by kicking my butt. Maybe he could get that job done and maybe not, but either way, I'd still have my opinion, and the facts to back it up. Nothing would have changed in the real world; only in his mind. And suppose I stomped his butt? Would he then believe Ford trucks were better? No, he would just have a sore butt.

Yeah, we have some like that around here. When they can't communicate, they resort to calling everyone who disagrees with them, &quot;Old Farts,&quot; stupid, and worse. Well, it doesn't change anything, except their image they project to the real world. Which doesn't matter, since they don't live in the real world.

Enjoy

Ed

[n0ov]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The New Ham Radio[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif?http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif?

Could have some fun with this one, but I'll just let it go.

[W0LC]

Hey, I drive a Chevy 4x4! And when not that, a 1500 Intruder...

[KC9ECI]

If a few folks that took the time to post here had bothered to take a look at the link I provided, there would be no code debate. Lighten up people, drop the debate and have a little fun.

[kg4kww]

CODE STINKS, JUST LIKE TOILET PAPER AFTER A GOOD WIPE JOB!!!! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

[W0LC]

Long sigh...................................

[AG3Y]

Glen, Where are you ? ? ? # See my post on the first page!

Jim

[kg4kww]

N1OBN, We have the code die hards on the run. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[W0LC]

Longer sigh.......................

[KC9ECI]

Glen-
Kill or lock this thread. Too many anal cavities have ruined something that I intended to provide a few laughs.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (KC9ECI @ June 17 2004,15:51)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">If a few folks that took the time to post here had bothered to take a look at the link I provided, there would be no code debate.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Sigh... the thong is gone, but the malady lingers...

[n0ov]

Glen

I got the joke -- thus the reason why the CW study technique.

Don't lock it down -- anal idiots can be funny too......