17-09-2016, 08:21 AM
Thanks for the information Roger.
I listened to the 2 podcast's you suggested, excellent stuff. Was quite interesting.
It seems to me the theme is, something is going to happen, we are not sure what exactly, and have no idea when but it will happen eventually. I assume this is in a scale of years.
The reason I asked, was mainly, I am/was about to upgrade, and i was hoping I would not have to go to the expense of upgrading if they were about to buff the foundation licence a tad. The foundation licence, whilst restrictive, kind of meets what I need in this hobby. The power restriction and the fact you have an F in your call sign, seems to be the main impediment, If you know what I mean. So I rarely bother giving A call these days, and am happy to be a listener only. I know if I had a F less call, and more power it would be a more pleasant experience being a HAM in Australia.
But the expense of actually upgrading, and it is an expense, and the fact of "is it even worth it", is the thing holding me back from upgrading.
In fact has been since i got the F call some years ago. Upgrading to the standard licence, which is/was my current thoughts, doesn't really seem worth it. Other than 100watts on HF, a few extra bands and the more important, no F in your call sign, there isnt much going for it, when you think of the expense and effort involved.
Hmmm that kinda became a rant, sorry about that. But the reason I asked in the original post above, was for selfish reason
I was hoping to get away without any more expense. I have to admit I am debating if I will renew my licence in a few months, I can listen for free.
I listened to the 2 podcast's you suggested, excellent stuff. Was quite interesting.
It seems to me the theme is, something is going to happen, we are not sure what exactly, and have no idea when but it will happen eventually. I assume this is in a scale of years.
The reason I asked, was mainly, I am/was about to upgrade, and i was hoping I would not have to go to the expense of upgrading if they were about to buff the foundation licence a tad. The foundation licence, whilst restrictive, kind of meets what I need in this hobby. The power restriction and the fact you have an F in your call sign, seems to be the main impediment, If you know what I mean. So I rarely bother giving A call these days, and am happy to be a listener only. I know if I had a F less call, and more power it would be a more pleasant experience being a HAM in Australia.
But the expense of actually upgrading, and it is an expense, and the fact of "is it even worth it", is the thing holding me back from upgrading.
In fact has been since i got the F call some years ago. Upgrading to the standard licence, which is/was my current thoughts, doesn't really seem worth it. Other than 100watts on HF, a few extra bands and the more important, no F in your call sign, there isnt much going for it, when you think of the expense and effort involved.
Hmmm that kinda became a rant, sorry about that. But the reason I asked in the original post above, was for selfish reason
I was hoping to get away without any more expense. I have to admit I am debating if I will renew my licence in a few months, I can listen for free.
Steve VK4SMJ