[Amps] FCC Denies Expert Linears' Request for Waiver of 15 dB Rule; Long off topic reply

[Glen Zook]

Except, from the early 1950s until 22 November 1968, when "incentive" licensing went into effect, Conditional Class, General Class, Advanced Class, and Amateur Extra Class licensees all had full privileges.  New Advanced Class licenses were not available until 22 November 1968 having been the classification created for those who had held the old, top license class, Class "A" licenses before the creation of the Amateur Extra Class license in 1951.


>From the beginning of the license class, Technician Class licensees had full privileges on all VHF / UHF and higher frequency bands except for absolutely no privileges on the 2-meter band until 1959.  However, Novice Class licensees had privileges for CW and phone operation from 145.0 MHz to 147.0 MHz.  In 1959, Technician Class licensees gained the 145.0 MHz to 147.0 MHz segment.  Later, Technician Class licensees gained the 147.0 MHz to 148.0 MHz segment and, finally, the 144.0 MHz to 145.0 MHz segment.


With incentive licensing, Novice Class licensees lost all phone privileges on the 2-meter band but did retain CW privileges.  Technician Class, Conditional Class, and General Class licensees lost what became CW only privileges in the 50.0 MHz to 50.1 MHz segment and Conditional Class and General Class licensees lost what became CW only privileges in the 144.0 MHz to 144.1 MHz segment (Technician Class licensees already did not have any privileges in the entire 144.0 MHz to 145.0 MHz segment).


Later, the Novice Class lost all 2-meter privileges but gained 10-meter privileges and retained privileges on 80-meter, 40-meter, and 15-meter CW.  The Technician Class licensees gained the same 10-meter privileges and gained the 80-meter, 40-meter, and 15-meter CW privileges of the Novice Class. 

Glen, K9STH 
Website: http://k9sth.net

      From: Roger (K8RI) <k8ri at rogerhalstead.com>
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 Subject: Re: [Amps] FCC Denies Expert Linears' Request for Waiver of 15 dB Rule; Long off topic reply
   
Isn't there anyone on here that's been a ham long enough to remember the 
reason and justification for the Amateur Radio Service?

It saddens me that so few seem to know the reason we existed.

Prior to the multiple choice tests, Question answers were essay and 
circuit diagrams needed to be drawn.

The "ORIGINAL"justification for the Amateur service was to provide a 
pool of trained operators in communications techniques and technicians 
skilled in electronic theory and communications techniques! This pool 
was to provide operators for emergencies, both local and national, in 
times of war and peace.

The reasons for the different classes were to provide the incentive to 
increase their skill in both communications techniques and electronics.  
That incentive was decades before "Incentive licensing" came into existence.

Novice was, as it is now an introductory and non renewable license
Technician was for VHF and above for those primarily communications.
General, was a step up in speed and electronics theory and circuits.
Advanced was another step up, primarily in theory and circuits
Extra was the top of the line in both CW speed, specialized 
communications techniques, and circuit design.

I may have left a few out, but that's the way it was in the 60s, 70s, 
and 80s