[ARC5] Novice License document

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

At one time, you had to send in your "expiring" license when renewal time came and photocopying was unknown.  I don't have those OR my original licenses. 

My KN2GKK Novice ticket was issued on 30 Nov 1953; good for one year, non-renewable (EVER). And the Novice was NOT available to anybody who had EVER had any FCC license, amateur OR commercial. 

I got my Tech ticket in Summer of 1954 but didn't get my 13 wpm until Jan 1955. 

In those days you could have both Novice AND Tech simultaneously. Getting the Tech preserved my K2GKK callsign for my upgrade to General with passing 13 wpm in Jan 1955. The District 20 (Buffalo, NY) simply indorsed my Tech ticket on a second line indicating General with the usual "stamped" C B Plummer signature. 

My mother apparently threw away ALL of my Novice stuff (including complete Walter Ashe station) sometime after I joined the Air Force in Feb 1960. 
  
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* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 * 
* (Since 30 Nov 53) * 
* k2gkk hotmail com * 
* Oklahoma City, OK * 
* USAF & FAA (Ret.) * 
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> From: wv2zow at gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 17:20:04 -0500
> To: timsamm at gmail.com
> CC: ARC5 at mailman.qth.net; armyradios at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Novice License document
> 
> Tim: I know you were required to send them in at one time. My Novice was
> returned to me when I got my TECH with "Cancelled" stamped on it.This was
> 1961.Don't know when this requirement stopped. --Mike
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Tim <timsamm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi All - I upgraded from Novice to General in the mid 1960's and then Extra
> > in 1967. In digging through my old files, I find that I don't have the
> > actual Novice or General license "tickets" which I think I would have
> > kept. Is it possible that the FCC required us to turn those forms in as we
> > upgraded? Or did I just loose them? LOL
> >
> > Anyone out there still have their previous tickets?
> >
> > Thanks,,Tim
> > N6CC
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