Re: novice licence - its not happening for me



Rõbstër wrote:
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This is what is so awkward about getting a licence, in the old days you
could go to the local college and take the test.

I'm from the old days and as far as I can recall one took the RAE at
a local Tech College. The course would run leading to the C & G
exam, I think that this was over one term. I think that the C & G
ran the exam twice a year.

Anyway, you couldn't just knock on the door and take the exam. First
of all you needed to find a college that was running the exam or
were willing to allow you to sit it there. Then you had to wait
until the date of the exam - which obviously could be months.

Now you need to find a club that is running the exams and wait until
they have enough people to make it worthwhile - which obviously
could be months.

That seems to me to be a bit like the old days.

BTW, if the C & G were running the exams you could expect to pay
around £100 a time.

There's a bit of me that says this is all rather silly. If someone
wants to be a radio amateur they will do the necessary, if they
don't then they won't :) If they do then they will find lots of
friendly people on the air.


Charlie.


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