"K4YZ" wrote in message
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On Mar 1, 7:32?pm, "
wrote:

A vanity license application requires an already-granted
amateur radio license. New licensees will take longer to
process, both at the ARRL (for ARRL VEC) and at the
FCC.

An FCC Commissioner could snap his/her fingers and make an
application "happen", but it won't ever happen with YOUR name on it...

"No Code" has been the law of the land for over a week, now.

Any perusal of ULS will show hundreds of people who've taken the
test SINCE then are already licensed and have been for days.

Other than "I'm too lazy" or "I'm a lying coward", you don't have
any excuses.

Morkie passed HIS General, Lennie, so it means he's either
smarter than you or found yet ANOTHER three VE's that needed $50 more
than they needed a conscience.

So which is it?

Steve, K4YZ


Steve,

If you think about what ham radio is all about, try to consider a Mr. Len
Anderson attempting to conduct a normal QSO. First he would need to develop
a modicum of social skills and be able to discuss a reasonably wide range of
relevant topics with people that he never met before. Would Len be an
interesting person that people would want to QSO with? His relevant topics
are limited to the evils of morse code testing (which is now a moot point
anyway) and his sense of humor is making one-liners that are not really
funny that involve half-wit jokes about engineering terms such as reactance
and susceptance. Len knows that. I think Len is horrified over the prospect
of an amateur license because it involves social interactions that he is not
prepared to participate in. For Len, an amateur license would just be a
useless people of paper and an HF of VHF station would be a worthless
investment because it involves two way communication.

SW