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Scott Gillen ZL1CHM <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Thanks I'll give them a ring and ask about getting a cope sent out. 

Scott
N0HOK / ZL1CHM
Auckland New Zealand

Sent from my iPhone

On 25/11/2015, at 7:48 PM, Dave Allen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Scott!
> 
> Well, you don't. You ring them and you ask the lady nicely, and they email
> it to you. I have the paper in a file here, but they didn't think it an odd
> request, so go for it, and it should work for you as well.
> 
> For your US license, you need to log into the FCC site, and you can download
> it from there. 
> 
> By the way, was thinking about your calls last night and maybe your purpose
> in being down here was to get a decent call. Your ZL sounds great, and I
> thought of some amusing phonetics that fit local conditions, hi hi.
> 
> 73,
> Dave 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Scott Gillen ZL1CHM
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 November 2015 7:28 p.m.
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: info about registering with Remote hams
> 
> Hay Dave ware do you find your licence on the MED/RFS sight?
> 
> Scott
> N0HOK / ZL1CHM
> Auckland New Zealand
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 25/11/2015, at 5:48 PM, Dave Allen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Tom!
>> =20
>> Yes, the agency here has a similar system, so downloaded my licenses 
>> from  their sources.=20
>> =20
>> Before they had that in place, I had to scan the paper and make the 
>> PDF th=
> at
>> I had on record, but things change with time, and sometimes, it isn't 
>> all  bad.
>> =20
>> 73,
>> Dave
>> =20
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators 
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=
> 
>> On Behalf Of Tom Fowle
>> Sent: Wednesday, 25 November 2015 5:15 p.m.
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: info about registering with Remote hams
>> =20
>> You can get the official pdf of your license from the FCC site 
>> directly=20=
> 
>> =20
>> As a matter of fact now when you renew that's all you get unless you  
>> specifically request an official printed copy.  They want us to save 
>> the FC=
> C
>> a few cents and print our own.
>> =20
>> tom Fowle WA6IVG
>> =20
>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 09:47:37PM -0600, Scott Van Gorp wrote:
>>> Hi Dave:
>>> =20
>>> Well, I tried what you suggested, and still know luck with the pdf=20  
>>> here using internet explorer 11 or firefox. Guess I'll have to have=20  
>>> someone take a picture of the license after I print it out and 
>>> convert=20=
> 
>>> it to a .jpg file to get this to cooperate.  Any other ideas welcome.
>> Thanks.
>>> =20
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: For blind ham radio operators=20  
>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> On Behalf Of Dave Allen
>>> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 9:42 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: info about registering with Remote hams
>>> =20
>>> Hi all!
>>> =20
>>> Since I have a US license and a ZL license, I decided to register 
>>> a=20  separate account with Remote hams for storing the ZL license.
>>> =20
>>> The only caveat I encountered in this process was that the system 
>>> only=20=
> 
>>> allows you to register one email address per callsign. That was not 
>>> an=20=
> 
>>> issue because I registered another valid address that I monitor for 
>>> the Z=
> L
>> call.
>>> =20
>>> After receiving the expected email verifying my registration, I 
>>> used=20  the activation link in the Email.
>>> =20
>>> Next, it was time to upload my ZL license to get that into my 
>>> ZL4LDY=20  profile.
>>> =20
>>> This was ccomplished using the option in the RC Forb client.
>>> =20
>>> Choose browse, locate and select the PDF file, and press the send 
>>> file=20=
> 
>>> button.
>>> =20
>>> This resulted in a page that said my license was successfully uploaded.
>>> =20
>>> I don't recall seeing that confirmation when I uploaded my US 
>>> license,=20=
> 
>>> but there have been Jaws updates since that time, as well as RC 
>>> Forb=20  updates, so I can't be certain which update allowed for the 
>>> more=20  satisfying experience, but regardless of what it was, I was 
>>> more=20  pleased with the process on this occasion.
>>> =20
>>> I know a few folks have encountered difficulty with this, so 
>>> thought=20  I'd report the experience here to give encouragement.
>>> =20
>>> I can't be certain whether or not the browser matters, but it may=20  
>>> since the site does warn that it uses cookies to simplify the login=20  
>>> process. In case that does matter, the browser I'm using is 
>>> Internet=20  Explorer version 11.0.9600.8098.
>>> =20
>>> If you're one of those that found this a trial, it may be possible 
>>> to=20  get through it more easily now compared to a few months ago.
>>> =20
>>> 73,
>>> Dave      =20
>>> =20
>>> David Allen, Director
>>> Blind-Sight Limited
>>> For computer training and support world-wide, equipment or braille=20  
>>> production please contact me through any of the following ways:
>>> Email: [log in to unmask]
>>> Telephone: 64-3-455-7694 (Home)
>>> 64-27-224-5489 (Mobile)
>>> PO Box 9046
>>> St Clair
>>> Dunedin 9047
>>> NEW ZEALAND
>> =20
> 

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