Subj : Re: Wannbe HAM
To   : JIMMY ANDERSON
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Sat Sep 17 2016 06:00 pm

-=> 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.

Licences were compulsory in Australia, but it was a simple matter of filling in
the paperwork and paying the fee.  No other qualifications or documentation
needed.  That was the "Citizens" part of "Citizens Band" - anyone could get a
licence by simply paying the fee.  It was estimated about half the people on CB
were unlicensed in 1990.

 JA> At least that's the way I remember it, but I was a kid at the time. :-)

 JA> I *THINK* we were WKY-409, but I woudn't swear to it...

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. :-)

I still remember mine (see above). :)


.... We put the "k" in "kwality."
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