<div dir="ltr"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-story" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:618.4px;font-size:16px;height:auto;float:left"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt">A proposal for a Beginner Amateur Radio licence</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box">Essex Ham have interviewed RSGB VHF Manager <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">John Regnault G4SWX</strong> about his proposal for a Beginners Amateur Radio licence<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">In October 2019, an interesting thread appeared online in the RSGB Workshop group about a possible future change of direction for the hobby.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Central to the debate was “A Proposal for a Beginner Amateur Licence” – to encourage a new generation get a taste of the hobby, removing some of the barriers that we’ve established to keep people out.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Read the Essex Ham story and listen to the interview with John Regnault G4SWX at<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.essexham.co.uk/beginner-amateur-licence" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.essexham.co.uk/beginner-amateur-licence</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Essex Ham<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://twitter.com/EssexHam" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://twitter.com/EssexHam</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/EssexHams" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.youtube.com/user/EssexHams</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Ham Chat UK - Discuss the future of amateur radio<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://groups.io/g/HamChat" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://groups.io/g/HamChat</a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>