[SADXA] Words to the wise.

[Wes]

Like some probably do I filed my license away in a file cabinet 10 years ago and 
forgot about it.  A few days ago I got an email from a helpful ham who had 
visited my QRZ page and noted that my license had expired a few days earlier.

This began a horrible experience with the FCC licensing system with FRN, CORES, 
multiple user names and passwords (with multiple requirements), links that 
failed to open and so forth.  I finally waded through it all, made my payment 
and sat back to wait.

This morning I got an email with a link to visit to download my license, since 
the government is forgiving student loans and can't afford to actually mail a 
license.  (It's highly presumptive in my mind to assume that everyone has 
Internet and email, but that's another issue.)  Almost needless to say, like 
most things in government, the link didn't work.  Thoughtfully, the FCC provided 
a telephone number to call in case the link didn't work.  I guess they know 
their system.  I called the number.  Remarkably, I got a cheery woman who 
informed me that they were having trouble with the system and to keep trying.

I did and after an interminable wait while it downloaded, I got my license.   I 
guess I should frame it and put on the wall.

Wes  Still N7WS