On Mar 2, 7:32�am, wrote:
On 1 Mar 2007 22:29:30 -0800, "

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On Mar 1, 5:17?pm, "Dee Flint" wrote:
"robert casey" wrote in message

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On Feb 28, 12:56?pm, John Smith I wrote:

K4YZ wrote:

BEEG GRIN

*...just wait a few days... *smirk, smirk

How long is it taking the FCC to issue new ham licenses nowadays? * * * * s it
still on the order of a few weeks?
aybe he'll be getting a 2x2 or a
2x3...

Since the FCC now permits the VECs to directly enter the data in the
database, it's simply a matter of how quickly the VEC organization can check
the paperwork. *hese days it runs about 1/2 week to 1&1/2 weeks. * n
anticipation of getting an unusually high number of submittals, the ARRL at
least put on extra staff to handle this. * * * *had the test session the evening
of Feb 23. *eviewed and mailed the paperwork on Feb 25.
oth the new
licenses and the upgrades appeared in the FCC database at the end of the day
on Feb 27th. *his is actually faster than usual.

Vanity license applications take several weeks though.

* According towww.wm7d.netfigures, the number of new
* issues or updates for 28 Feb 07 was 814. *The number of
* Vanity calls issued for 28 Feb 07 was 82.

or roughly one tenth of one percent of all licenses in the ARS today
not bad for o e day

and BTW mine is not in the that total since it was processed on the
26th by the MERAC VEC

That would be true, Mark. The ARRL website Search seems
to look only through their own VEC's processed records. A
more comprehensive Search can be done through the FCC
(who do the FINAL license grants) but getting to their
specific Search for amateur radio licenses is more complex;
the FCC Search involves ALL licenses for ALL radio services
unless one indicates specific search areas.

According to the wm7d.net statistics, the number of new
amateur radio license issues for 1 Mar 07 were 729. That
includes upgrades and Vanity calls, Club calls, the whole
magilla. A sizeable number and it takes several people
at each VEC to sort through the paperwork, accept or
reject based on many criteria, etc., etc.

If a VEC receives 800 applications from VE teams a day,
it would have to process 100 per hour to complete one
day's mail-in. For eight people doing processing that
means each person would have to do 12 1/2 per hour
(if they worked straight through all hours...and few
paper-handlers in offices work "straight through").

Complicating the process is USPS delivery if the VECs
do it like the FCC does it. The sheer size of the USA
means that all the Pacific Island places will get there
LAST and Hawaii, Alaska will be almost as late. The
ARRL VEC final processing takes place in New England
which is almost as far removed from southern California
as Hawaii in terms of USPS handling. The ARRL has
always been oriented towards east coast thinking and
doesn't seem to go for pushing the envelope on handling
far-away (from them) USA locations.

73,