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Certainly true for K6KPH on amateur radio frequencies. I wonder if the same is true for commercial circuits on KPH and KFS?

Your comment on licensing got me wondering... I wonder what license the operators for KPH and KFS have these days? I guess there is some kind of general commercial radio operator's license now. Long ago, I started studying for a commercial radiotelegraph operator's license, just for the novelty. I got distracted, and then years later when I got interested again I found out that the FCC wasn't giving out commercial telegraph licenses any more.



You need the General Radiotelephone Operator License (https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-divis...). Yes, they are still issued. 20 WPM plain language code test, 16 wpm code group test, plus written exams.


The code exam would be for a commercial telegrah licence though, isn’t it? Did the license become combined somehow?


Oops. Mistyped. I meant, "General Radiotelegraph Operator License."




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