Hi Lou,

Y'know, I never know what my FRN is either. Fortunately for me, QRZ  
lists it in your detailed listing. If not for that, I'd probably be up  
some creek or another. I reckon the W5YI thing is meant to be easier,  
which is what you're ostensibly paying for, but I don't know how much  
the whole vanity thing adds to the complication, being one of those  
kept my original call guys.
On Mar 1, 2008, at 3:53 PM, Louis Kim Kline wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I never said that it was impossible, although the first problem was  
> that I
> didn't have my FRN number and had no idea how to get it.  The fellow  
> who
> helped me with this passed away suddenly and I never got the  
> information
> from him before he died.
>
> I *thought* that this was a little easier and less painful.  Guess I  
> was naive.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
> At 02:28 PM 3/1/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>> Except that you *can* deal with it direct through the FCC. While the
>> online filing system isn't exactly easy, it *is* doable. I've updated
>> my license with it several times myself. Not fun, but certainly not
>> impossible.
>> On Mar 1, 2008, at 1:54 PM, Louis Kim Kline wrote:
>>
>>> 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 e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
>>> Work Telephone:  (585) 697-5740
>>>
>>
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> Louis Kim Kline
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