Breaking news: Fcc inaugurates paperless amateur radio licensing february 17

19th nervous brakedown?

http://youtu.be/wU1kTuVSUOw

 

No.... next you will be able to get the Full License on special marked boxes of Corn Flakes....Sugar Coated Flakes for an Extra Class license........I was told until now you had to buy special marked packages of Adult Diapers to get Those

 

These things seem to oscillate. Back in the '80s you could request from the FCC a blue amateur extra diploma that looked like a smaller version of the ornate commercial licenses. (I believe at least one printer is still making these as unofficial issues.) Now the commercial tickets are as plain as the ham ones. On the other hand, a few years ago FAA licenses looked like very bad copies of faxed papers. Since 2010 they've been hard plastic cards with a pretty sharp appearance. That was driven by concern about flying terrorists (no comment on whether it does any good). But I guess ham radio doesn't inspire the same fears!

 

Originally Posted by N3HOE
That alleged near quarter-million dollars to be saved in postage obviously assumes that almost no one will request an official printed copy of their license.

In reality, I would venture to guess that almost everyone WILL request an FCC-printed license document. So Mr. Bureau Chief, where is your savings now???

Sure, it all looks good in theory. But stark reality remains.

73, Alan N3HOE
Melbourne, Florida USA



Reply posted by KD6NIG:

Gradual transition. They will announce in a year that the "majority" of people have opted for the paperless option, and will phase out the printed one.

With no way to really prove if this has happened or not, it will be done.

People would scream too loud if they eliminated it now. So now they print it on standard paper, people figure they can do that themselves.

They get what they eventually want. Its the government way-set a goal, take steps to reach it.​

Joshua, KD6NIG
Since 1992. General July 2014.
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Wrong. This projected savings is for the coming fiscal year.
Not gradually.

So, again I say, where is the alleged savings???

73, Alan N3HOE

 

Yep. I'm sure glad we can still use spark. Fire up Old Betsy!

 

Get real. You don't seriously expect hams on QRZ.com to pay attention to FACTs do you?


Fantasy, confusion and panic are more fun.

 

Braaaking news

One item that will never go paperless:




Wait for it...

 

Writing is on the wall
What is a License
Sounds like what happened to CB years ago !

 

But wouldn't it be better to do this activity outside, and not from inside an elevator shaft?

See.. this is the kind of thing that happens when you don't learn the material on the exams.

 

Sorry couldn't resist

 

Shhh, the QRZ staff in the next room are printing off $25 sheets of paper...

 

More like 50 cents off your next FCC fee from the savings. You can still get the certificate, nothing's changed other than we're responsible for a little more work for our wallpaper.

 

I couldn't either, but you beat me to it!

 

Well, consider this: Perhaps ARRL wants it to be Braking News rather than breaking news. (Wants to stop the nonsense)

 

GEE

The BRAKE spelling must B a CB lingual issue .


Butt

If you R going to correct the main header ,Y not
fix all the other references of BRAKE as well.

I'm just saying...