N2EY wrote:

Lenof21 wrote:


All licensees are perfectly legal to continue operating in their grace
period.


Nope. Wrong. You are mistaken. Once an amateur's license expires,
he or she *cannot* legally operate until the is renewed.

To quote FCC rules:

"97.21(b) A person whose amateur station license grant has expired
may apply to the FCC for renewal of the license grant for another term
during a 2 year filing grace period. The application must be received
at the address specified above prior to the end of the grace period.
Unless and until the license grant is renewed, no privileges in this Part
are conferred."

Last sentence says it all: "Unless and until the license grant is renewed,
no privileges in this Part are conferred."

But Len wrote:

"All licensees are perfectly legal to continue operating in their grace
period."

Not *some* licensees, or licensees who have sent in a renewal, but *ALL*
licensees.

That's clearly not true.

Do you agree or disagree, Len?

Maybe we should go easy on Len, Jim. He seems pretty upset.

- Mike KB3EIA -