[amsat-bb] FCC License Question

[Thomas Doyle]

Not sure why but they sent me​ a nice paper copy without me even asking.
Perhaps they monitor the AMSAT board :-)

W9KE Tom Doyle

On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 12:16 PM, Donald Jacob <wb5eku at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tom,
> No more paper license mailed to you. This has been for a number of months
> now.
> But using the FRN number you can log in and print your own license.
>
> Don
> WB5EKU
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 7:39 AM, Thomas Doyle <tomdoyle1948 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone renewed their ham license recently. I renewed mine online and
>> it
>> appeared to work.
>>
>> I received two very official looking letters from the FCC within a week of
>> submitting the application.
>>
>> First one was "Ref: CORES Registration Update".
>>
>> Second one was "Ref: PSQ Request for your CORES FRN:xxxxxxxxx". This
>> letter
>> indicates
>> "Entity Type: INDIVIDUAL ENTITY" which is reassuring.
>>
>> Neither letter indicates anything is wrong nor does it mention anything
>> about a license. I realize that the federal government is drowning in the
>> paper work mess they have created to give them something to do but this is
>> a bit much.
>>
>> Do they ever send you an actual paper license ? I need to send a copy to
>> the DMV to renew my ham plates. It has been almost 4 weeks. I sent in a
>> request for duplicate license after three weeks.
>>
>> TNX W9KE Tom Doyle
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tom ...