[SADXA] Words to the wise.

[Ron Jones]

The best $8 I spend every 10 years is to W5YI. I let them do it for me.

On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 11:56 AM Darrel <demerson2718 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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