[SOC] Am I a ham?

[Ralph T. Stetson III]

Well Tom should you complete the study process before you agtually renew 
your ticket.

You will need to produce and orginal signed License.  Most VE sites are not 
set up to search the FRN data base and as such we are limited to the orginal 
paper sent to you.  We can make photocopies of thr orginal and submit them 
so you can keep the ticket for your scrap book.

Good Luck in your upgrade pursuit you will not find yourself wanting for SOC 
company as an Amatuer Extra Class Ham.

We SOC are everywhere...

Ralph Stetson, KD1R

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom McCulloch" <thom2 at att.net>
To: "Second Class Op Club" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "Second Class Operators' Club" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 10:54 PM
Subject: [SOC] Am I a ham?


> Hi all,
>  Well a friend of mine fom our local qrp club here on Long Island ( the 
> LIQRP club - pretty original, eh?) passed his extra last week and loaned 
> me his study guide. (In the unlikely event that I eventually pass the 
> extra exam I promise to continue to operate in a second class manner so my 
> membership in the SOC will remains intact).
>
>  Anyway, today I decided to see when my General class license comes up for 
> renewal and so I dug out my ticket.  It says that it was good from June 
> 1996 until June 2006..."oh, oh" I said (well not really, but this is a 
> family list).  OK now before we get to crazy and call the FCC on me -- my 
> antenna has been down since last winter and in the true spirit of SOC, 
> rather than fix it, I just I haven't operated since well before my 
> license's  expiration date.
>
> So I go to the ARRL site (who I thought was going to notify me when my 
> license was up for renewal, as a membership benefit) and I looked through 
> the procedure for renewal...ahh good news, there is a two year grace 
> period to renew after expiration of the license..."whew", I said 
> (really!).
>
>
> The ARRL site pointed me to the FCC renewal site and I go there and rember 
> that in 2000 I filled out something  called an "FRN", and I even wrote 
> down my FRN number and password.  So I log on and it tells me that my 
> license was good from March 1998 and expires in March 2008.  I have no 
> idea where these dates came from.
>
> So do you think I'm a ham?  If you were me would you fix your antenna and 
> operate, or take advantage of the two year grace period and go watch the 
> football game?
>
> Seriously, though, if I actually study for the Extra exam and show up at 
> the VE to take it, will I need my license, like I did in 1965 when I took 
> my general and had to prove I was a novice?  Or will they check the FRN 
> database,  QRZ.com also says that my license expires in 2008.  Am I in the 
> twilight zone?
>
> Thanks for your help with this,
> Tom ,
> WB2QDG (I think)
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