[OFARC] Lifetime Ham Licenses ?

[GammaMann at aol.com]

I'm with Geoff,   
 
This would result in the depletion of license calls and effectively  
eliminate the vanity call option. 
It would also be hard to figure out the status if someone should die  and 
the license remains active.
As noted, enforcement is already lacking so there would be almost  no 
hammer left for dealing with offenders. 
I think an appropriate license term should be 5 years and institute a  fee 
for renewal that would cover the administrative cost and beef up the  
enforcement section to specifically deal with the ham bands as well as cleaning  
out the dead wood and release calls for those who would otherwise  renew for 
free.  If people can pay $40 a year for ARRL membership they  can pay $25 
every 5 years for a license renewal.  
Just like a life membership in any organization, they can always pay  for 
it.   Make it $250 and a term of 25 years.  This would  effectively be a 
lifetime call and would give a nice slug to the FCC for  enforcement.   
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/26/2016 7:20:13 A.M. Central Standard Time, 
_ars.w5omr at gmail.com_ (mailto:ars.w5omr at gmail.com)  writes:



On 02/24/2016 11:04 PM, John Westerlage  wrote:


FCC Seeks Comments on  Petition to Grant Lifetime Amateur Radio Licenses





it's  hard enough as it is with 10 year licenses to get Enforcement to act 
on  license renewals.

If renewal requirements are removed, how would  enforcement retest a 
convicted agitator?

I'm against life-time  licenses.  In fact, I think 10 years is exactly 
twice as long as  required.

73 = Best  Regards,
-Geoff/W5OMR



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