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No more free ham ticket?
- Thread starter Mudfoot
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People have been complaining about them "giving away" licences for a long time. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. 
I don't have a problem with it. I'd hate to see it ever go over $50, though.
$50 is not that bad. A GMRS is $70 so....
Average VEC fee for Testing $14.00 USD...
You passed your test now need $50.00 USD to process......
New Hams apps will fall like a rock...
You passed your test now need $50.00 USD to process......
New Hams apps will fall like a rock...
If 50 bucks and 14 bucks scares you off for getting the license but are fully prepared to spend 1000's on radio(s) and antenna's etc then i don't see why you should become a ham anyway.
I paid most of the 43 years up to 50 Euro's for renewing the license , other details i can do on line free.
We had just a few years they didn't need our money but that went away fast...
I paid most of the 43 years up to 50 Euro's for renewing the license , other details i can do on line free.
We had just a few years they didn't need our money but that went away fast...
$70.00 FOR A LICENSE IN THE MOST USELESS RADIO BAND IN THE SERVICE.
Fitting.
My concealed deadly weapons license has gone up considerably as well.
It's getting to the point where you can't afford to shoot your mouth off!
Here in the LA area 462.725 has a ton more traffic than the CB bands most of the time. With tons of repeaters it’s easy to talk to other people. There is one on top of a 5000’ mountain peak that’s 10 miles away.
I was riding my motorcycle and the wife was following in her KIA SOUL. Even though I could clearly see her face from about 100 feet the radio was useless in the countryside. She could not hear me and I could not hear her. These were quality radios and cost over $140.00. It might work in LA and are those real miles or "MOVIE" miles.(Joking) There was one repeater here in Louisville, KY and the owner took it down after two years of no traffic. My radio installations are clean and clear as far as noise is concerned so it wasn't anything related to that. We returned those radios and got two of the same brand and model and it was no better. They claimed to have a range of 150 miles to which I have to call false advertising. We went to a parking lot out in the country and it was no better.
Two meter radio far better and can reach a long way and there are plenty of repeaters.
Two meter radio far better and can reach a long way and there are plenty of repeaters.
This same regulation will lower it to the same $50.