[SMCARA] Examination Credit

[Eric Heard]

  Question regarding the Novice Applicant.
First. if the Novice license is unexpired or expired with in the grace period, they have to take the Technician exam if they want to upgrade to the next level. They will be processed as upgrading and a copy of their license will be needed at the exam session. Current call sign is important. 

If the Novice license is expired i.e. first licensed in 1975 and expired in 1985, they have to retake Element 2 Technician to become a ham again. This will be considered as a "new ham" since their license has expired 27 years ago. A copy of the license and the old call is not needed at the exam since it expired.

The only "magic license" is the pre March 21, 1987 Technician which grants Element 3 credit with out taking Element 3. Copy of license or a page from an old call book showing the licensee with a Technician license before that date.

Below is the FCC rules regarding element credit.

Hope this helps, see you at the meeting.
Eric

97.505 Element credit.

(a) The administering VEs must give credit as specified below to an examinee holding any of the following license grants or license documents:

(1) An unexpired (or expired but within the grace period for renewal) FCC-granted Advanced Class operator license grant: Elements 2 and 3.

(2) An unexpired (or expired but within the grace period for renewal) FCC-granted General Class operator license grant: Elements 2 and 3.

(3) An unexpired (or expired but within the grace period for renewal) FCC-granted Technician or Technician Plus Class operator (including a Technician Class operator license granted before February 14, 1991) license grant: Element 2.

(4) An expired FCC-issued Technician Class operator license document granted before March 21, 1987: Element 3.

(5) A CSCE: Each element the CSCE indicates the examinee passed within the previous 365 days.

(b) No examination credit, except as herein provided, shall be allowed on the basis of holding or having held any other license grant or document. 
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