I just looked at your FRN record .. I suspect you might have made a
boo-boo when you made your last renewal application. It appears that
they granted your "request" to change your operator class from G to N!
A call to Gettysburg and some more paperwork will probably get it all
fixed up ..
de w1rt/john
On Feb 16, 2008 10:59 AM, <specrisk@aol.com> wrote:
> To the list:
> In 2009, God willing I will celebrate my 50th aniversary as a ham having been
> continuously licensed? beginning in 1959 as a Novice - WV2JHR, and in 1960 as
> a General Class Amateur License? WA2JHR which I have held uninterrupted. I
> held full amateur privileges until the FCC implemented incentive licensing
> and removed some HF frequencies to motivate hams to increase their CW speed
> and upgrade their technical knowledge. I never saw much point in getting my
> Extra since my interest is really only VHF and up and my General Class Ticket
> is adequate. A few years back I applied under the Vanity Licensing to drop
> the A from my call and change the (2 ) to a (1) to reflect my location in the
> first call area.? My call became W1JHR. My license renews this year in April
> and I sent in my Vanity renewal in January. The FCC has only granted me
> Novice privileges on renewal. I was quite surprised to find this out and I
> was wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them? I didn't even thi
nk
> that Novice licenses even exist anymore but now I are one. I had planned to
> rove in the June VHF Contest but now all I have available is 222 MHz with 25
> watts. Novice privileges are actually better on HF than on VHF/UHF/SHF as no
> other bands are available. I was previously QRV thru 24 GHz but I guess I be
> a single bander now so look for me on 222. This is kind of heavy handed
> "incentive" licensing and I guess I understand how those "blue haired" ladies
> feel when they downgrade their driver's licenses to "Daytime only." I guess I
> have to find a VEC in the area if I really want back on VHF. Don't let this
> happen to you!
> George, W1JHR
> Novice Class again after 49 years.
>
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