[CW] OT: FCC Petition for Lifetime Amateur License

[Kate Hutton]

The main source of vanity calls is SKs.  They would certain run short on
good ones (1x3s & 2x2s) after awhile.

73 Kate K6HTN

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Danny Douglas <n7dc at comcast.net> wrote:

> The thing I see with this request is that we might not even know someone
> died, or was in an institution, etc. and would never cancel the ticket.  We
> could quickly have more than a couple million tickets out there, and less
> than half of them activie.  Though it wouldnt sound so bad, it would jack
> the data bases pretty badly.  Id almost bet we approach that percentage
> now, with 10 year tickets.  It wold cost the ARRL a lot of money, sending
> out postcards, trying to get all these people to sign up.  hehe
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea at arrl.net>
> *To: *"CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
> *Sent: *Thursday, February 25, 2016 9:38:08 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [CW] OT: FCC Petition for Lifetime Amateur License
>
> It's been that way since the very first licensees.  But they did issue
> comparable callsign: if you were W1TC and moved to z Louisiana, you'd get
> W5TC if it was available our K5TC, or another W5 two later callsign.
>
> 73
>
> DR
> On Feb 25, 2016 5:17 PM, "Danny Douglas" <n7dc at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I would add a request that callsigns die with the holder.   Its my name
>> in ham radio.  I hate to work someone, thinking I know him, to find out its
>> the next person up.
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From: *"Ron Youvan" <ka4inm at gmail.com>
>> *To: *"CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
>> *Sent: *Thursday, February 25, 2016 8:32:23 AM
>> *Subject: *Re: [CW] OT: FCC Petition for Lifetime Amateur License
>>
>>   David J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
>>
>> > Off Topic:  ARLB008
>>
>> > FCC Seeks Comments on Petition to Grant Lifetime Amateur Radio Licenses
>>
>> > SB QST ARL ARLB008
>> > ARRL Bulletin 8  ARLB008
>>
>> >  >From ARRL Headquarters
>> > Newington CT February 24, 2016
>>
>> > ARLB008 FCC Seeks Comments on Petition to Grant Lifetime Amateur Radio
>> > Licenses
>> /* snip */
>>
>>    The first down side of this proposal is: when a HAM dies his call
>> sign will not automatically drop back into pool after their renewal
>> date.  (I think there is a grace period of a year or two now?)
>> --
>>    Ron  KA4INM - Youvan's corollary:
>>                  Every action results in unwanted side effects.
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