Jimmie wrote:
"Is there a website that may have this data?"

I got my first class phone ticket in 1949. My house was destroyed
recently my tickets and degrees went with it.

Commercial tickets have been converted to non-expiring "General
Radiotelephone Operator Licenses". The FCC maintains a list of the
commercial licenses it has issued.

When I wrote the FCC requesting a replacement certificate, they
responded saying my request had been "dismissed". Then I wrote to The
W5YI Group which advertises in QST. They said to send them $20 and
within a few days my replacement "General License" arrived from the FCC
in the mail. I highly recommend their service! Their address is:
W5YI Group
P.O. Box 565101 Dallas, TX 75356

I had been issued First Class Radiotelephone License No. P1-9-12391 in
April 1949.

W5YI Group also got me a new copy of my KB5WZI Amateur License which had
also been destroyed. I believe their fee for that was $7.5o. All this is
very reasonable considering the hassle of trying to deal directly with
the FCC.

Fortunately, my university says it encourages the display of degrees and
will glady replace them at no charge.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

Richard Harrison wrote:
Jimmie wrote:
"Is there a website that may have this data?"

I got my first class phone ticket in 1949. My house was destroyed
recently my tickets and degrees went with it.

Commercial tickets have been converted to non-expiring "General
Radiotelephone Operator Licenses". The FCC maintains a list of the
commercial licenses it has issued.

When I wrote the FCC requesting a replacement certificate, they
responded saying my request had been "dismissed". Then I wrote to The
W5YI Group which advertises in QST. They said to send them $20 and
within a few days my replacement "General License" arrived from the FCC
in the mail. I highly recommend their service! Their address is:
W5YI Group
P.O. Box 565101 Dallas, TX 75356

I had been issued First Class Radiotelephone License No. P1-9-12391 in
April 1949.

W5YI Group also got me a new copy of my KB5WZI Amateur License which had
also been destroyed. I believe their fee for that was $7.5o. All this is
very reasonable considering the hassle of trying to deal directly with
the FCC.

Fortunately, my university says it encourages the display of degrees and
will glady replace them at no charge.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI




Richard;

You can also go on line to the FCC website and obtain a copy of your
license for nothing. I have.

Dave WD9BDZ

"Richard Harrison" wrote in message
...
Jimmie wrote:
"Is there a website that may have this data?"

I got my first class phone ticket in 1949. My house was destroyed
recently my tickets and degrees went with it.

Commercial tickets have been converted to non-expiring "General
Radiotelephone Operator Licenses". The FCC maintains a list of the
commercial licenses it has issued.

When I wrote the FCC requesting a replacement certificate, they
responded saying my request had been "dismissed". Then I wrote to The
W5YI Group which advertises in QST. They said to send them $20 and
within a few days my replacement "General License" arrived from the FCC
in the mail. I highly recommend their service! Their address is:
W5YI Group
P.O. Box 565101 Dallas, TX 75356

I had been issued First Class Radiotelephone License No. P1-9-12391 in
April 1949.

W5YI Group also got me a new copy of my KB5WZI Amateur License which had
also been destroyed. I believe their fee for that was $7.5o. All this is
very reasonable considering the hassle of trying to deal directly with
the FCC.

Fortunately, my university says it encourages the display of degrees and
will glady replace them at no charge.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

One place I worked at stole mine right off the wall before firing me
"because they couldn't throw me in jail for anything". I simply reported
the theft to the FCC and they gave me a new certificate with a new number.
Ever since then, I would only display a copy stamped COPY, but I won't even
do that any more because some one might try to use it. Someone tried that
once and got caught. Stupid is trying to send in a bogus application to the
FCC. Some one tried that once and FCC mailed it back to me asking if I knew
anything about it. Ye haw! It's like going into a doctor's office for an
examination and telling them you need the prescription "for a friend". It's
like pulling a gun on a cashier and saying "I don't want to hurt anyone".

On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:44:26 GMT, "JB" wrote:

One place I worked at stole mine right off the wall before firing me
"because they couldn't throw me in jail for anything". I simply reported
the theft to the FCC and they gave me a new certificate with a new number.

Chuckle. That like that happened to me, twice. I worked for a
communications shop where I was the only one with a license. After I
left, they continued to use my license number or repair logs for
several years. When I worked for a radio manufactory, they made a
rubber stamp with my license number and continued to use it for
several years after I left.

At one point, I let my license expire because I couldn't find it for a
few years after moving. I had to take all 4 elements plus radar
endorsement again from scratch. I passed 1, 3 and 4, but messed up
from overconfidence on element 2. That meant that I had to do all of
it again in a month. This time I studied and passed. To save on gas
and parking in downtown San Francisco, a small group of techs and
engineers went together. We had all studied the latest semiconductor
and radio technology that we worked with every day. However, the test
was exactly the same as the one I had taken about 10 years previously.
Tubes, dynamotors, Marconi antennas, Faraday shields, and other
technology from the stone age. A few of the techs failed the exam
because they had never studied or worked with a tube radio.

Ever since then, I would only display a copy stamped COPY, but I won't even
do that any more because some one might try to use it. Someone tried that
once and got caught. Stupid is trying to send in a bogus application to the
FCC.

In theory, that won't happen with the ULS system and FRN number as
long as your password is secure.

Some one tried that once and FCC mailed it back to me asking if I knew
anything about it. Ye haw! It's like going into a doctor's office for an
examination and telling them you need the prescription "for a friend". It's
like pulling a gun on a cashier and saying "I don't want to hurt anyone".

I haven't had that problem. A friend that runs an avionics shop
casually mentioned that about half of the GROL licenses he sees are
counterfeits. He says they seem to use random license numbers, which
are easy to verify with a ULS web search. Why they bother is beyond
my limited imagination.

Incidentally, identity theft, or rather identity borrowing, is why I
don't post my resume online. I've had to deal with several attempts
at impersonating me or borrowing my history on job applications. None
were financially or professionally detrimental, but the potential is
there.


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