[SADXA] Words to the wise.

[Ron Jones]

A very active and locally popular ham in Salt Lake whom we all called "Zbo'
because of the suffix of his call.  One day he happened to notice that his
license had expired well beyond any grace period.  Naturally it was
embarrassing for him, and he had to stay off the air till he took tests
again, but that call was important to him because we all knew him as "Zbo",
some people didn't know his actual name.  Well, by luck, the call was
available as a vanity call so, once again, WA7ZBO is back with the living.

Hope to see you all at the Christmas festivities.
73
Ron K7RJ

On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 10:51 AM Wes <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> 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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