On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:48:49 -0500, "Tom" wrote:

My license is up for renewal in November. I got a letter from an outfit in
Texas wanting $7 to renew it. I thought one could renew their license for
free over the internet.


If renewing online with the FCC is difficult for you, call their
toll-free number and an assistant will walk you through it, free of
charge.

Buck
n4pgw
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73 for now
Buck
N4PGW

On 15 Aug 2006 23:42:59 GMT, Ed
wrote:




Anyone going to visit the FCC website please leave them these ideas in
their comment box, Thanks.


1-No more automatic renewals. Individuals must retest and pass all
elements required for their license class.

2-The passing score for written exams needs to be raised to 85%.




hmmmm... could something like this be applied to marriage licenses, too?


:^)



I don't know, but that would upset my ex something terrible if I
renewed ours


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73 for now
Buck
N4PGW

John - KD5YI wrote:

Glen Overby wrote:

Tom wrote:

My license is up for renewal in November. I got a letter from an
outfit in Texas wanting $7 to renew it. I thought one could renew
their license for free over the internet.



The license renewal process is covered in the No Code Technician exam.

I'm becoming an advocate of dropping paperwork-only renewals every
ten years
in favor of retesting every five.

Glen, kc0iyt


Okay, but only if you must also retest for ALL other licenses --
drivers license, concealed firearms carry permit, plumber's license,
SCUBA license, fishing license, hunting license, marriage license,
realtor's license, etc.

John

In Canada your ticket is automatically renewed until your 125th Birthday

--
Paul S. Hinman - VE6LDS
long West 113 deg 27 min 20 sec
lat North 53 deg 27 min 3 sec
Maidenhead Locator DO33gk

Yea but who wants to say...


"ur 59 NY.....73 sk "


And leave it at that?

Thats not talking to anyone!

Rayburn
"Ed" wrote in message
. 192.196...


Just the excuse I need to let my "CODED" extra ticket go lapse....with
stupid ****ing assholes like slow code only on the bands then who in
their right ****ing mind would want to talk to the lowlife
cocksuckers?



You DO know that there are 360+ countries other than the US that you can
talk to, don't you? . . . .

slow code flamed:
Anyone going to visit the FCC website please leave them these ideas in
their comment box, Thanks.

Leave them yourself. Enter your comments with dots and dashes.

3-Code elements should be 13 wpm for General, and 20 wpm for Extra.

Thats too whimpy. Morse code = Ham Radio, right?

Make it 20wpm for general, 30wpm for Extra.

Require extras to answer 100% on ALL questions of ALL element question pools
in on ONE sitting with no multiple choice. You're not "extra" if you can't do
that.

Stop granting type acceptance to any radio that can transmit or receive on the
extra portion of the band (just like the rule for the cell phone frequencies).
Extras should be building radios, not buying them.

4-Make the no-code license one year non-renewable.

Eliminate the no code license, wait ten years for the hobby to die, then give
2.3ghz to WiFI, 5.7 to WiMAX and auction the rest off to the highest bidder.

Looking forwards to working you on the 10ghz-and-up contest this weekend,
Glen

John - KD5YI wrote:
Okay, but only if you must also retest for ALL other licenses -- drivers
license, concealed firearms carry permit, plumber's license, SCUBA license,
fishing license, hunting license, marriage license, realtor's license, etc.

okay!

Whats the test for a marriage license?

Glen Overby wrote:
John - KD5YI wrote:

Okay, but only if you must also retest for ALL other licenses -- drivers
license, concealed firearms carry permit, plumber's license, SCUBA license,
fishing license, hunting license, marriage license, realtor's license, etc.


okay!

Whats the test for a marriage license?


If you gotta ask,...

"Rayburn" wrote in message
...
Just the excuse I need to let my "CODED" extra ticket go lapse....with
stupid ****ing assholes like slow code only on the bands then who in their
right ****ing mind would want to talk to the lowlife cocksuckers?

30 wpm with ease!

Wow... you are sooooo cool...

In article ,
Glen Overby wrote:

John - KD5YI wrote:
Okay, but only if you must also retest for ALL other licenses -- drivers
license, concealed firearms carry permit, plumber's license, SCUBA license,
fishing license, hunting license, marriage license, realtor's license, etc.

okay!

Whats the test for a marriage license?

$20US and clean Blood........

I agree Bob, and maybe we'd have better operators as a result. Considering
the waning interest in our dying hobby though, all that would probably do is
eliminate even more operators from the ranks, leading the FCC to reduce our
bands even more by selling them to the highest bidder.

Ham radio was so much better back in the late 70's, when I first became
licensed. People were polite, and the radio had a mystique to it. With the
internet and the immediate gratification that everyone seems to expect these
days, Ham Radio is undesirable; having to hunt for contacts when you can
just IM someone? Having to work for a license? Not anymore, no one wants to
put any effort into anything when they have an easier alternative.
Unfortunately, the good old days are gone, and ham radio is in the sunset of
its existence.

73,

JT
K6TP
"slow code" wrote in message
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Bob Miller wrote in
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:48:49 -0500, "Tom" wrote:

My license is up for renewal in November. I got a letter from an outfit
in Texas wanting $7 to renew it. I thought one could renew their
license for free over the internet.


What I did to renew mine:

Go to the FCC website. Find the section on renewing amateur licenses.
You can download form 610. What's easier, tho', just call the FCC
phone number they give you, tell them you're renewing, the next day or
so you will find form 610 and all instructions in your mailbox, free
of charge. Fill the stuff out and send it in.

The FCC may have a minor charge for renewing, I forget.

If you've changed your address since getting your license, you may
have to register the new address with the FCC before renewing. You can
do only one thing at a time on form 610, as I recall.

bob
k5qwg




Anyone going to visit the FCC website please leave them these ideas in
their comment box, Thanks.


1-No more automatic renewals. Individuals must retest and pass all
elements required for their license class.

2-The passing score for written exams needs to be raised to 85%.

3-Code elements should be 13 wpm for General, and 20 wpm for Extra.

4-Make the no-code license one year non-renewable.