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Ham Community Frets in “Delete, Delete” Comments? RW rip.

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ThaDood:
https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/delete-delete-delete-comments-aplenty
My take??? Consolidation of two licenses? I know that's been kicked-around for a while. And, a technical competency is still good to know, VSWR's, various bands, propagation, antenna construction, harmonic suppression and filtering of spurs, etc. Two license classes would be useful for ARRL Field Day. Last time I've done that, I was the only Extra Class there, and everyone else was either Tech, or Generals. I, was their operating loop-hole for that evening. When I was a Code-less Tech, my loop-hole was to bring my HF rigs to a friend with a higher license class. There are more non-licensed ways to operate today, CB, MURS, GMRS, various Part 15, and even some of the IMS Bands. However, (And you'll never see this.), I'd like to see an Amateur Broadcasting Band open-up, using existing Amateur Radio call signs. Kind of like what they did for Amateur Television, (ATV), albeit that's not considered broadcasting. So, mixed feelings here.   

Charlie_Dont_Surf:
Yes, the ham community does like to fret a lot, don't they?

John Poet:
"we don't need no stinking licence"---

especially the guys on 7200LSB, wtf?  lol

RM2 Squid:
How much easier can it be to become a ham?  Seriously?  The questions and answers pools are published.  Dozen of apps online to practice via rote memory.  35 questions for the Technician Class.  35 for a General Class.  50 questions for the Amateur Extra.  Very seldom are folks building equipment from scratch... so I am all in favor of one class, since the FCC did away with CW in '07... it could be called the Appliance Operator Class.   ;D

RM2 Squid

n2avh:
As a ham, just like as a SWBC DXer, I wish it were 1975 again. (I was licensed in 1979 so we could go with that year too.) I just have no interest in digital modes (although I am super-impressed by what WSPR can do) and equipment I can't even begin to understand.  Heck, I'd rather be a CBer circa 1979 than a ham today. It's nobody's fault, certainly not the ARRL's although their advertising-driven QST model has inevitably privileged the new stuff.

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