On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 11:08:53 -0700, Jack Twilley
wrote:


In my experience with Mike, I've learned that while he is interested
in conservation of effort, he is more interested in principle.

What principle would that be? He let his license lapse 40 years ago
but now he wants to use the element that was given by a single
licensed amateur (no VE examination, no FCC) and have it apply to a
license he is attempting to obtain in a vastly different time with no
intevening amateur operation to which it would apply, whatsoever.

Yes, he could take the 5WPM test again, and pass it. That's not the
point here. If your elmer let his license lapse and needed a callbook
reference for credit, would you tell him to take the damned test
again, or would you consider helping a friend out with a trivial task?

See above. The principle has to do with making the effort to obtain a
credit in a legitimate way, not through the back door after 40 years
of inactivity. To answer your question, if my Elmer (who died shortly
after I was licensed in 1963, presumably an unrelated event) was
trying to get an upgraded ticket after he had let his lapse for 40
years, I would counsel him exactly the same way: take the test.


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