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Yes, I agree that the aims behind amateur radio are broadly the same as when it started, but pretty much everything else has changed. Your opening statement was that you thought amateur radio will be

Administrative sidelines, but not actually amateur radio; amateur radio itself has not changed, it remains technically savvy people doing radio communication. So what you said to me makes no sense?

Some examples of the non-technology changes I was referring to, include: The licensing conditions, "licence for life", 3-tier system, the percentage of amateurs who construct their own transceivers,

Au contraire, it is the technology that changes and not the essence of amateur radio. It's always been the case that most of we are sheep who follow the designs of others and construct accordingly,

It already has changed and is very different from what it was 50 years ago, let alone a hundred. How many of today's radio amateurs are capable of designing and build their own multi-band, multi-mode

It should have already moved on in the last 100 years. Unless the hobby moves with the times and attracts fresh blood it will die due to the very people that are obsessing over protecting it. It's not

... for it seems to me that the rush to get bums on seats by lowering the technical standards for amateur radio licences will mean that the amateur radio of the past 100 years will be dead and gone in

Wow! No wonder the hobby is in decline. I see your point but times have changed. Did you know women can be engineers too these days? It is also interesting to hear your views with regards to CB radio

Not RSGB, through my day job working in radio comms we deal with a lot of industry and regulators both in the UK, US and Europe.

Gareth, " easier licence than the CB-like Foundation licence" ?? Deary me, keep up! CB hasn't had a licence requirement for quite some time, 13 years this December. Previous to that the only

Like the RSGB VHF manager? Who 'might' just happen to be in the know......................... John G4SWX

Having spoken to some people close to this, Ofcom knows that the licence numbers don't reflect the number of actual users so they are pretty worthless. They tried to revoke some licences a few years

Amateur radio in France is weaker than it is in the UK. Only one third of the number of amateurs for a similar size of population. More importantly far lower activity on VHF and the spectrum regulator

On reflection I see that I didn't really give my view on the proposed new licencing idea but rather on the hobby. Do we really need more licencing options? I wonder who among us took to the air as a

Because Amateur Radio is now seen as an old male white (in the UK) pass time that doesn't really add any to society. As the world is going wireless their is greater pressure on the resource which is

‘Nervous Foundation Holder’. I think we all have been there! Yes it’s daunting. So maybe if you have a Local ham you know, arrange a sked on the phone, even whilst on the phone work out a

Fantastic - well done on speaking out. Firstly; there is NO right and NO WRONG way of talking to people over the air with your amateur licence. Saying to somebody; 'Good evening, this is M****, and I

As a nervous Foundation Licence holder I have never transmitted on my own for fear of getting things wrong. I applaud the idea of entry level licence, the hobby needs to be welcoming people in not

I can try to help with you this one Gareth There have been several changes since you got your licence. New challenges, and new opportunities. Many think that to keep its relevance, amateur radio

Gareth, Interesting. In response: That may have been true in the past, but no longer, I'm afraid. According to clear statements on the websites of Ofcom, ARRL, RSGB and others, it's a hobby. I'm