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 Telephone: (585) 697-5740
>
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