In article . net, "Grümwîtch
thë Ünflãppåblê" writes:

"Lenof21" wrote in message
...

: 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.
:
Untrue. (Some would say an outright lie) They are certainly prohibited from
operating their amateur radio station without supervision, since they
possess no valid operator license.

Tsk. Ye of little faith. :-)

Now what did I write that was UNTRUE? Hmmm?

"The license holder isn't prohibited from doing anything after
midnight of the last day of his/her 10-year-active-license period."

Was anything written about "operating an amateur radio station?"
No. :-) They could have a valid commercial license and not be
prohibited from using that. Note: A commercial license does not
allow operation IN the amateur bands...just like an amateur license
does NOT allow operation outside of amateur bands.

ALL of Title 47 C.F.R. applies to ALL USA citizens. Yes, that
includes amateur radio licensees. :-) In that you will find that, if
there is a REAL emergency situation, there is NO prohibition
against anyone using any frequency, any mode for help. True.
Ain't gonna be no Raddio Polizei saying "papers please" while
wearting leather topcoats and armbands in a REAL emergency.

Some argumentative amateur word-twister is going to pop in and
shout/holler "this is an amateur radio newsgroup!" Well, if so, why
is all the Chat Room nonsense going on between "regulars" in here
which is NOT about amateur radio? :-)

The rationalizations abound about that. Suddenly anyone with a
ham license can "justify" their Chat Room gabbling because they
once took a small test and got a certificate of "federal authority!"
Somehow I don't think the Chat Room regulars would accept an
FDA official talking about pork production...even though they would
have a real HAM license. :-)

I guess the "only ones who count" in here are the Regulars, the
life-stylers, those who eat-breathe-sleep amateur radio. They are
NEVER wrong. Their words are TRVTH itself, engraved in eternal
marble. Their shall be no discourse with them...of course.

It's a religious thing. Something like "for the League, God, and Country"
(in that order).

"Once a ham, always a ham." [it's like the murine corpse]

Get with the program, Grum.

...or admit you've almost plagiarized Dr. Dobbs' good journal name.