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<h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">French national societies support ham radio Entry Level License</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">REF, DR@F</strong><span> </span>and other national Societies in France want an amateur radio Entry Level License (ELL)<span> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Such a license should have access to All Modes, Digital and Analog.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">REF say the current single class system was imposed by the Regulator on radio amateurs without any consultation in 2011-2012. It removed the Entry Level Class 3 license which had required a straight-forward 15 minute exam of 20 questions.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">The REF report on the recent meeting of the various national societies with the Regulator DGE can be read in Google English at<span> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/France-DGE-June-2018" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">https://tinyurl.com/France-DGE-June-2018</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">DR@F respond to DGE consultation<span> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2018/may/fdr-at-f-respond-to-dge-consultation.htm" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2018/may/fdr-at-f-respond-to-dge-consultation.htm</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Could a new UK Entry Level Licence boost VHF/UHF activity?<span> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2018/june/could-a-new-entry-level-licence-boost-vhf-uhf-activity.htm" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2018/june/could-a-new-entry-level-licence-boost-vhf-uhf-activity.htm</a></p>

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