Hello Martin
Regarding your desire to obtain an American
CallSign.
It may be easier to Upgrade your Dutch license operator class than to get the USA license, I beleive you just want the Tech (no-code). The USA is now a member of CEPT,
or if you want,take the Exam for the Tech no-code. Its very easy, now just 35 questions, previously was 35 for novice and 30 more for Tech for a total of 65. Since April 15 , 2000 the Novice license is no longer available to new hams, so they dropped the Novice test requirement to obtain the Tech class. A passing grade is 75 pct or at least 27
questions correct. I don't know why they chose 35 questions, it stupid because it doesn't come out very well at 75 percent. 40 would have been a better decision.
The Tech no code will allow you all VHF/UHF previlages
up to 1500 W !! Yes I know, its incredible that you take a simple mutiple guess test and they allow you to operate into the microwaves with 1500 Watts. ha ha
The only problem you might have is the requirement that all persons wanting to obtain an American ham license submit their Social Security Number. This is to me strange, on one hand they make the exam too easy and the other hand they want your SS number to see if you owe taxes, child support or other such things? Of course they never admitted that , but why else would they ask?
So you may have trouble without they SS Number. Also I don't know if you have seen the FCC web page on how to renew a Ham license, but my god is it weird and complicated. Why didn't they exempt hams from this nightmare. You need to be a computer scientist and you must do it over the Web. (What about those hams without WWW)??
Oh well Guess thats why I left that country so many years ago. Everyday more like Rome.
Good Luck Martin
Robert Wright
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