Hi Lou,
We could have save you the 7 bucks and talked you through it on a local 
repeater.  The ARRL has a toll free number for membership renewals.  Gary 
KB2YAA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 1:54 PM
Subject: License Renewal Saga


> Hi.
>
> I am in the process of trying to renew my license as it expires on
> 5/6/08.  I received a packet from W5YI VEC in early February with all of
> the forms supposedly already completed so that all I had to do was sign 
> it,
> and include a check with the vanity call fee and their $7.00 service
> fee.  While I probably should have gone through the ARRL (cheaper), it
> meant having to contact them and get the same stuff by placing a phone 
> call
> during business hours and making a long distance call from work is
> something I hate to do.
>
> So, I took what I thought was the path of least resistance and just wrote
> out the check, signed the forms, and shipped it off.
>
> Here is what happened.  On February 26, 2008 the license for K2LKK was
> updated.  However, nothing changed.  It still expires on 5/6/08 and every
> other detail of the license is still active.  Also, my former call, 
> KA2DQA,
> is now issued to me once again, but it also expires on 5/6/08.
>
> I have sent e-mails off to W5YI asking them about this, and I intend to
> bite the bullet and follow it up with a telephone call on Monday to see if
> I can investigate what happened.
>
> I guess the next time I will just contact the ARRL since I'm going to have
> to make a long distance phone call anyway, and I'm $7 poorer to boot.  You
> know, I miss the good days when the FCC handled this stuff directly and we
> had only one bureaucracy to deal with instead of two.
>
> 73, de Lou (K2LKK or KA2DQA -- only the Shadow knows...)
>
>
>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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> Work Telephone:  (585) 697-5740
>
>
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