Brenda Ann Dyer wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
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Doug wrote:
No new Novice, Technician Plus, or Advanced Class amateur service
operator licenses will be issued. These licenses, however, may be
modified or renewed. Technician Plus class operator licenses will be
converted to Technician Class licenses if renewed. Technician Plus
class
operator licenses will also be
converted to Technician Class when modified to show a vanity call sign.

I think this is in error. Technician Plus licensees are already eligible
for a General Class license simply for the asking, since the Technician Plus
license (formerly the coded Technician license, was renamed to Technician
Plus to differentiate it from the No-Code Technician license, now called
simply Technician Class) is/was obtained by taking the written requirements
for a General Class license, while retaining the code requirement for only a
Novice Class license (5WPM). Under current rules, General Class only
requires 5WPM, so the old Technician Plus is basically grandfathered. They
have only to show that they had their Technician license before the No-Code
Technician licenses began being issued.

I'm not 100% sure of that, as I recall I may have received the part about the
license upgrades directly from the FCC, but I don't remember.

I'll have to go look it up again.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

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