[SADXA] Words to the wise.

[Jim Wysocki]

It could have been worse.  They could have dumped your old call and 
issued a new one such as KQ7XY or the like. Then it would have taken a 
few more weeks to get N7WS back.

On 12/1/2022 10:50 AM, 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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