Hi.

Yes, I paid the fee.

Now, here's the most interesting wrinkle.  Today, in the mail, I received a 
duplicate copy of my license.  I think somebody clicked the wrong box or 
something or else the person who helped me complete the application checked 
the wrong box.  I think it is time to give them a telephone call Monday 
morning and see if we can sort it all out.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 02:29 PM 3/1/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>If your call is a vanity call, you had to make sure you specified that, I
>remember reading that somewhere otherwise they'll give you what ever they
>want. You have to pay the current vanity fee as well with it. I'm guessing
>yours is, if not they did some pretty interesting picking it for you.
>----- 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
> > Home e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
> > Work e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
> > Work Telephone:  (585) 697-5740
> >
>
>
>
>
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Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
Home e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
Work e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
Work Telephone:  (585) 697-5740