Phil Kane wrote:
On 14 Jan 2005 06:15:16 -0800, wrote:
IIRC, Japanese amateur radio operator licenses never expire, and
Canadian amateur licenses expire when the licensee is 125 years old.
Or
something like that. In any event, their license terms are so long
that
they outlive the licensee. One problem with doing that sort of thing
here is being able to reissue callsigns.
What many Administrations do is to issue as lifetime operator
license and a station license renewable by paying a fee and
getting a validation sticker just like an auto license plate.
The problem with that scheme is that you still have to remember to
renew the thing, and it still takes admin work.
In Japan, the station license needs to be renewed annually and costs
120 yen, last time I looked. There's an enormous difference between the
number of JA operator and station licenses as a result.
73 de Jim, N2EY