To prove you had a license prior to October 1987 you will have to have a copy of your original ticket.
I tried to get a copy of mine and I was told it would take over 3 months to find if it could be found. All the paper records have been put in a warehouse and are not easily accessible. If you are in a Callbook after October 1967 that is the way they can verify your license. Prior to October 67 the Callbook did not show your license class. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, "Real Radios Glow in the Dark" ----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Chester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM? > > Phil LaMarche wrote: > >> AND some one who's license is 59 years and the brain of a 69 year old > >> that > >> doesn't work like it did, should be grandfathered in. > > > > Not to sound 'age discriminatory' or anything, but haven't we 'given > > away' enough, already? > > > > -Geoff/W5OMR > > IIRC, in the pre-incentive licensing days, you could have your licence class > upgraded to Extra with no additional examination, if you could show > documented proof that you held a US government-issued amateur radio licence > prior to a certain date in 1917, the date in which amateurs were shut down > for World War One. In 1968, that would have meant 50 years prior. > > Someone who passed the General exam 59 years ago has already demonstrated in > front of an FCC examiner, more knowledge about radio than someone who passes > the Extra class to-day. There was simply more purely radio-related material > on the exams in those days, and the tests were structured to require more > in-depth knowledge. > > Don k4kyv > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
