Hi,
Yeah, sometime in the mid '90's, I want to say like 1995 or 1996, the FCC stopped renewing automatically upon license modification. I think this coincided with the rule that one could only renew within 90 days of expiration, but I can't swear to that.
Let's see. Re the Novice discussion. Back in the early Novice days, Novices also had 2 meter phone privileges. The crystal control requirement was dropped in, I believe, 1976, along with raising the power limit from 75 watts input to 250 watts input. I don't kno exactly when WN/KN prefixes stopped being issued though. Also, the current call sign block system, i.e. Novices got 2X3, Tech/General got 1X3, and so on, went in in the late '70's, I think 1978. Which is also when one didn't have to let the FCC know that one would be operating away from home for an extended period of time, "portable" no longer was required as an identifier, and secondary call signs were no longer issued. I'm probably fuzzy on the dates, as I picked this up along the way long after the fact, as I only got licensed in 1987. The year of Novice enhancement.
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
On Feb 17, 2012, at 5:10 PM, Butch Bussen wrote:
> One thing I thought was strange was when I upgraded from advanced to
> extra in 2000, I got a new license, but the expiration date didn't
> change, I had to renew in 4 or 5 years.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
>
>
> On Fri, 17 Feb 2012, Curtis Delzer
> wrote:
>
>> And, the original Novice class license was one year, not renewable,
>> back when I got mine, in 1963. They changed it to 2 years, and
>> renewable later on.
>>
>>
>> At 03:31 PM 2/16/2012, you wrote:
>>> what actually happened was that a lot of novices upgraded to technician so
>>> they could talk on the local repeater and so that was a natural upgrade for
>>> them. The fcc isn't issuing novice or advanced class licenses any more.
>>> What a lot of people would do is simply upgrade from advanced just before
>>> their license expired that way they get a whole new license with a new ten
>>> year term. Upgrading from advanced to extra was also a very easy
>>> progression. 73- pat kk3f
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Linda C. Knight" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 4:22 PM
>>> Subject: thanksRE: novices
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thank you, now I understand.
>>>>
>>>> 73
>>>>
>>>> linda
>>>>
>>
>>
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