Say, isn't the W5YI renewal process online, too?

I'm still waiting for that paperless office they promised us at least  
20 years ago.
On Mar 1, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Louis Kim Kline wrote:

> 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
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