[SADXA] Words to the wise.

[Darrel]

I couldn't agree more.

I tried to help the XYL (N7UGL) renew her license last month.  The FCC 
and CORES system is truly horrible. In the words of my son (N7PTE) who 
with my help has just renewed his own license through the system, "It's 
an amazingly convoluted process!"  It's both convoluted and buggy.

Cheers,
       Darrel, aa7fv.

On 12/1/2022 10:50, Wes wrote:
> 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
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