[BC] Re: First & General License

[Glen Kippel]

On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Alan Alsobrook <radiotech at bellsouth.net>wrote:

> Then the FCC decided to make only General class and the restricted operator
> permit in the early 80's (or late 70's). At that point the GP was good for
> broadcast. Come the mid 80's they decided to eliminate the GP from
> broadcast, and convert everyone that had one to a lifetime license. That
> lifetime was good for broadcast, although at the same time they eliminated
> the need for anything other than an operator permit. It it then also that
> any new GP that came out said and said "Not for Broadcast". Somewhere in the
> 90's the FCC even did away with the permit, so you no longer need anything.
>
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Yes, though I never saw a GP stamped "Not for Broadcast."  Not saying you
didn't.  I do remember, though, for a time that no license at all was
necessary to work on a 50-kW broadcast transmitter, but you needed one to
work on a 10-watt STL.  Go figure.