FRN number is on QRZ if you look yourself up and go to details.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: License Renewal Saga
> Hi.
>
> I never said that it was impossible, although the first problem was that I
> didn't have my FRN number and had no idea how to get it. The fellow who
> helped me with this passed away suddenly and I never got the information
> from him before he died.
>
> I *thought* that this was a little easier and less painful. Guess I was
> naive.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
> At 02:28 PM 3/1/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>>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
>> > 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]
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> Work Telephone: (585) 697-5740
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