They did the same in New Zealand
Scott
zl1chm

>I am so glad industry Canada dropped the requirement to renew amateur
> licenses a few years ago.
>
> And i thought we were the socialistic burocracy?
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Martin McCormick" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:12 AM
> Subject: Re: license renewal
>
>
>> gary writes:
>> >The ARRL number is 1/888/277-5289  Gary KB2YAA
>>
>> Thank you very much for that information. As it turns
>> out, I was able to renew my license last Saturday. My wife's MAC
>> has the firefox browser on it. Firefox is not yet accessible but
>> when it is, we should have no trouble doing our own renewal as I
>> was able to talk her through the process from obtaining the FRN
>> through the actual renewal.
>>
>> You must first get the FRN, associate the FRN with your
>> license or licenses, and then you can go through the renewal
>> process and update any information that may have changed. In my
>> case, nothing had changed since 1998 so one just needs to read
>> what is there and resubmit it.
>>
>> I got an Email from [log in to unmask] with my FRN afterward
>> and the new license will hopefully get here before March 31.
>>
>> Since I had had some trouble trying to register on line,
>> I had the FCC send me a Form 605. I got that last week but won't
>> need it now.
>>
>> I'll take it to the Green Country Ham Fest this Saturday
>> and give it to the VE testers in case somebody needs one and
>> they run short.
>>
>>
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