"N2EY" wrote


FCC or somebody would have to keep a
database of everyone who had held one and let it expire without upgrading,
to
insure that someone wouldn't retest and get a second one.


No more than FCC or somebody kept a similar database to prevent ex-licensees
from glomming onto a Novice permit back in the 1950's. A false application
today is just as unlikely as a false application 50 years ago, and I suspect
the penalties are similar.

And why bother --- after 10 years of experience, the standard exam would be
a laugher.

73, CU in NAQP,

de Hans, K0HB