Steve Robeson K4YZ wrote:
Subject: ARS License Numbers
From:
Date: 1/6/2005 6:00 PM Central Standard Time
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Lenof21 wrote:
WHY? The license holder isn't prohibited from doing anything
after
midnight of the last day of his/her 10-year-active-license
period...and for two more years into that grace period.
That's simply not true, Len. The holder of an expired FCC amateur
radio
license cannot legally operate until the license has been renewed.
This is the second time I've seen you state that mistake here in the
past few days. An expired FCC amateur license carries *no* operating
privleges.
IS there some reason you persist in this obvious error?
I told ya... His Worminess has yet laid his long-tailed ignorance to
bare
in a house full of rocking chairs.
It's just a mistake, Steve. Len Anderson obviously doesn't understand
97.21(b).
There are many, many reasons, all valid, for being unable to
renew
prior to the last day of the 10-year period.
Such as?
Death? Coma? Prisoner-of-War (about the ONLY valid reason
I can
think of...) ?
Well, someone could be ill, or busy with work, family, volunteer
activities,
travel, moving, natural disaster, military service, etc.
FCC doesn't care. If a ham lets his/her amateur license expire, they
can't legally operate until it is renewed. Such renewal is valid when
it shows up
in the FCC database - you don't have to wait for the paper license to
show
up.
All of this is *extremely basic* regulatory stuff, clearly stated in
97.21(b), not somebody's opinion or interpretation.
FCC allows renewal from 90 days before the expiration date. Renewal
can
be done online, or the appropriate forms can be downloaded or
ordered
well in advance and the renewal done by mail.
In any event, even if someone cannot renew before the license
expires,
they cannot legally operate while in the grace period.
You created an artificial
thing there with your particular interpretation.
Have you read 97.21(b)? It's pretty clear on the subject.
Not to mention the number of times "Enforcement Letters" have been
published in QST from the FCC...Seems Riley & Company have the same
opinion...If your license "expires" on December 31st and you are
operating on
January 1st, YOU have a problem!
Only until it's renewed.
What is most interesting is the fact that someone like
Len, who has told us how the regulations should be
changed for so many years, should be so ignorant of such
a basic rule from Part 97.
73 de Jim, N2EY