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G3VKM_Roger · 24th Sep 2019, 6:52 am

Sgt. Church appears to have been a Royal Signals man and probably got his amateur radio licence through the post-war scheme that allowed qualified ex-service personnel to avoid having to sit the written examination and 12 wpm Morse test that civilians had to take.

The idea was to encourage people like Sgt. Church to form a nucleus of trained personnel in the event of another war. Organisations like the Royal Navy Volunteer Wireless Reserve were formed using ex-RN signallers, no doubt the Army and RAF had similar organisations.

24th Sep 2019, 6:52 am	#13
G3VKM_Roger Heptode Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Southeast Norfolk, UK. Posts: 773	Re: British Type 3 Mk.II (B2) spy radio. Sgt. Church appears to have been a Royal Signals man and probably got his amateur radio licence through the post-war scheme that allowed qualified ex-service personnel to avoid having to sit the written examination and 12 wpm Morse test that civilians had to take. The idea was to encourage people like Sgt. Church to form a nucleus of trained personnel in the event of another war. Organisations like the Royal Navy Volunteer Wireless Reserve were formed using ex-RN signallers, no doubt the Army and RAF had similar organisations.