Ok we have probably streched this off topic far enough but wanted to
add Wayne you are correct as far as what I have read so far. Just
another note found in reading any current advanced can go before April
15th take element 4b and after the 15th apply for extra.
Bill
K4IBC

----- Original Message -----
From: C. Wayne Buhrman <wayne@PLANETCABLE.NET>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: FWIW [OT]


> I agree except on one point.  The tech plus individuals must "apply"
for the
> general class license, it is not automatically given to them.  This
would
> mean showing proof, filing a form, and (of course) paying a fee.
>
> I'm already making plans for Extra.
>
> Wayne
> N2DJD
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sean Breheny <shb7@CORNELL.EDU>
> To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 6:49 PM
> Subject: Re: FWIW [OT]
>
>
> > Actually, I think the answer is Yes, AND, I think this is really
nothing
> > new. IIRC, the old tech written test (prior to 1987) was more
> comprehensive
> > than the current tech exam. It was true even before this new
ruling that
> if
> > you took the tech written before 1987, all you needed to do to
become a
> > general class was to take the 13 WPM CW test. SO, all they are
doing is
> > carrying this over to the new CW requirement.
> >
> > Sean
> >
> > At 05:43 PM 12/30/99 -0500, you wrote:
> > >After reading this does this mean that someone that was a tech
plus
> > >prior to 1987 is now general class?
> > >
> > >Bill
> > >
> >
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