[Lowfer] Latest Part 5 licensee - WD2XFX

[Bill Ashlock]

>My part 5 license is granted:  WD2XFX.

Hey, congratulations Eric!! Appreciate your comments, below, on the final 
phase of you acceptance. So 'hobby usage' is more to their liking, eh? I 
predict a long thread on this issue!

Bill A
>
>The engineer in charge of my app called me this morning and asked me
>questions about my stated purpose.  At first I thought I would be
>declined.  He seemed concerned.  We hem-hawed back and forth a little
>until he finally came out and asked me if this was for hobby purposes or
>if my end-goal was to try to convince the FCC to allocate 2200m to part
>97.
>
>As soon as I said it was for hobby purposes he relaxed -- I could hear it
>over the phone -- and said my license would be granted shortly.
>
>He called back to ask if I really intended 135.7 to 137.8 as a range or
>was I interested in a single center frequency.  I told him that the range
>was really what I wanted and he said ok, and I got my grant that way.
>
>Perhaps some of this may help someone else.
>
>W1TAG needs to call 'em -- he applied long before me and should have been
>granted long ago.  His app must be burried or something.
>
>73,
>Eric
>
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