On Mar 7, 8:30�pm, "Dee Flint" wrote:
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On Mar 7, 7:04?pm, "Dee Flint" wrote:
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Congrats on the new license, Lennie.

Congratulations to Len also.

Dee, N8UZE

* Thank you, Dee.

* Now, what were you saying about the "ARRL VEC handling
* 'new' applications 'first?'" *I know the package of paperwork
* from the Sunday exam session (25th) was sent off quickly.

* ...back to business as usual in here.

* Len

I can say with certainty that I mailed my Feb 23rd materials on Saturday the
24th and all my applicants, both new licensees and upgraders showed in the
FCC database on Feb 27. Since I used priority mail, it was almost certainly
in the ARRL's hands on Monday, Feb 24. *Perhaps I was lucky enough to beat
the big surge of submittals and to be on top.

Okay on paying attention to your group. I'm just doubtiing that
the ARRL VEC had the Big Deluge of mail that claimed (but
did not quantify) on their website. That's one reason I did the
tabulation from the FCC Search engine results that started
this thread.

Part of a "deluge" might have been from too many ARRL/VEC
teams adding extra exams on Friday or Saturday, out of the
usual monthly schedules (give or take).

I can understand those with CSCEs wanting to upgrade
(although I don't know why 4 in my exam session thought
they needed that to "modify" their Tech license to a Tech
license under the new rules). :-( There were about 2 who
just needed to change their mailing address, something
which could have been done by mail or by computer
directly...no charge. Judging by all the modifications (not
an upgrade) and the renewals handled by the ARRL, those
could have been done OUTSIDE the need for hand-holding
the free paperwork process on relatively small tasks.

I'm thinking more of the usual "celebrity PR ploy" of the
ARRL "becoming overworked." Not unusual PR tactic.
That kind of PR is done in this city all the time in the
entertainment biz here.

73, AF6AY