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.

slow code wrote:

Anyone going to visit the FCC website please leave them these ideas in
their comment box, Thanks.
cease and desist in your efforts to kill off ham radio

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?


:^)

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?
only if you choose you spose poorly

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!

RAYBURN
"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.

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? . . . .

Ed wrote:
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? . . . .
indeed they are the only reason to go into ham radio today not the us
hams

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


--
73 for now
Buck
N4PGW

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
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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