Subj : Re: Wannbe HAM
To : TONY LANGDON
From : JIMMY ANDERSON
Date : Sat Sep 17 2016 07:59 am
-=> Tony Langdon wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-
-=> JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to JOE DELAHAYE <=-
JA> I remember having a license, but I thought it was voluntary. The whole
JA> point of "citizen's band" was it was open for citizens to use - no
JA> license needed.
TL> Licences were compulsory in Australia, but it was a simple matter of
TL> filling in the paperwork and paying the fee. No other qualifications
TL> or documentation needed. That was the "Citizens" part of "Citizens
TL> Band" - anyone could get a licence by simply paying the fee.
Now that part is the same - people that did get a license just paid the
fee here and it was done. No test, etc.
JA> I *THINK* we were WKY-409, but I woudn't swear to it...
TL> My official CB callsign was VGE610. :)
JA> Just did a google - apparently there are other people that would like
JA> to know their old CB license. :-)
TL> I still remember mine (see above). :)
My wife remembers her dad's too, back in the day.
... I DID IT! I invented the unadoptable tagline! Try it. Won't work.
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