I just remembered that I have to get an operator's and station license if I
want to use my VHF in Canada. I believe that having US licenses covers me.
If I'm wrong about that, please let me know.

As I started on the downloaded applications, I remembered that I got the no
test, free with a box top, license back in 1980 and it was supposed to be
good for a lifetime. I'm still alive but the little piece of cardboard
disappeared about 20 years ago. Should I apply for another one or try to
get the FCC to resurect the record? It's kind of hard to believe that a
government that would keep Teddy Kennedy of an airplane flight because
someone of a similar name appeared on the terrorist no-fly list (Yes, it
really happened.) could still know that I had a license in 1980, let alone
that I'm the same Roger Long. I would think my failure to notify them of my
numerous changes in addresses over the year might have rendered the license
invalid anyway.

Advice from anyone who has wondered the maze of FCC proces would be
appreciated. Any idea on turn around time for these applications?

--
Roger Long

Roger Long wrote:
I just remembered that I have to get an operator's and station license if I
want to use my VHF in Canada. I believe that having US licenses covers me.
If I'm wrong about that, please let me know.

As I started on the downloaded applications, I remembered that I got the no
test, free with a box top, license back in 1980 and it was supposed to be
good for a lifetime. I'm still alive but the little piece of cardboard
disappeared about 20 years ago. Should I apply for another one or try to
get the FCC to resurect the record? It's kind of hard to believe that a
government that would keep Teddy Kennedy of an airplane flight because
someone of a similar name appeared on the terrorist no-fly list (Yes, it
really happened.) could still know that I had a license in 1980, let alone
that I'm the same Roger Long. I would think my failure to notify them of my
numerous changes in addresses over the year might have rendered the license
invalid anyway.

Advice from anyone who has wondered the maze of FCC proces would be
appreciated. Any idea on turn around time for these applications?

--
Roger Long


Roger,
I still have a tattered, faded RT license that I got in Alaska in 1961.
I tried to get a replacement from the FCC and they said that it was to
old to show in their database (guess they didn't put records from the
30's to the 70's in the DB) and to apply for a new one. Maybe they just
wanted the $50.
krj

On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:44:05 -0400, "Roger Long"
wrote:

I just remembered that I have to get an operator's and station license if I
want to use my VHF in Canada. I believe that having US licenses covers me.
If I'm wrong about that, please let me know.

As I started on the downloaded applications, I remembered that I got the no
test, free with a box top, license back in 1980 and it was supposed to be
good for a lifetime. I'm still alive but the little piece of cardboard
disappeared about 20 years ago. Should I apply for another one or try to
get the FCC to resurect the record? It's kind of hard to believe that a
government that would keep Teddy Kennedy of an airplane flight because
someone of a similar name appeared on the terrorist no-fly list (Yes, it
really happened.) could still know that I had a license in 1980, let alone
that I'm the same Roger Long. I would think my failure to notify them of my
numerous changes in addresses over the year might have rendered the license
invalid anyway.

Advice from anyone who has wondered the maze of FCC proces would be
appreciated. Any idea on turn around time for these applications?

There is an FCC search web site at:

http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsS...rchLicense.jsp

Do a NAME search on LONG, ROGER

I got 6 hits but none of them look like you. I'd suggest trying it
yourself.

If you don't show up in the database, they have no record of you.

"Roger Long" wrote in news:46228050$0$19422
:

Advice from anyone who has wondered the maze of FCC proces would be
appreciated. Any idea on turn around time for these applications?



Hmm...I show a Roger Long from Ft Dix, NJ:

Call Sign RR00008224 Radio Service RR - Restricted Operator
Status Active Auth Type Regular
Dates
Grant 09/13/2002 Expiration
Effective 07/15/2005 Cancellation

Licensee Information

FRN 0007499270 Type Individual
Licensee Name
Long, Roger S
1211B Ash St.
Ft. Dix, NJ 08640

FRC Data

Oper. Class RR - Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit
Endorsements
COLEM

It was granted back in 2002, but cancelled in 2005. Oddly, it says it's
still active..???...Government, go figure.

Roger Long in Holbrook, NE, had a business band license WHY273 but it's
expired and he didn't renew....

Roger Long of Hampton, NJ, WB2VBN, is good until 2015, a General Class
ham operator. He's had that call a long time...(c;

Nope...Don't find any Roger Long in ME with a ship license or a
Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit, either.

I found lots neat licenses for your buds at Woods Hole:

1 EX10 WOODS HOLE MARTHAS VINEYARD & NANTUCKET STEAMSHIP AUTHORITY
0009155193 SE Expired 05/31/2006
2 EX11 WOODS HOLE, MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCK 0009155193 SE Active
08/31/2007
3 KAQP WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION 0003625803 SB Active
08/15/2016
4 KB83173 WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION 0003625803 IG Expired
11/07/2003
5 KCEJ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 0003625803 SB Active
06/18/2016
6 KD47120 WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION 0003625803 IG
Terminated 01/18/2005
7 KRJ946 WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION 0003625803 IG Active
07/26/2011
8 KT5465 WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION 0003625803 MC Expired
11/03/1999
9 KXC713 WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION 0003625803 MC Active
12/17/2011
10 KXS269 WOODS HOLE BOAT SALES INC 0004900973 MC Expired 05/22/2002

Use KAQP, that's a nice call! Might shake 'em up if you use it calling
some low bridge tender or small lock operator...heehee. "The Big KA!
KAQP, Martha's Vineyard! FM 99.5!"

Ok, ok, you can search for anyone's license by callsign, name, etc., on:
http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsS...rchLicense.jsp
Click on Ship to look for boats. Flying Pig, oddly, is WDD5855 and is
licensed to Lydia, not Cap'n Skip. I KNEW she was the power and money
behind this project....(c; Says her address is Green Cove Springs, FL.
I thought they lived aboard....???

Hmm....I looked up Lionheart and see I need to remind Cap'n Geoffrey to
change his address to avoid any embarrassment should the Radio Gestapo go
looking for him in Marietta. He moved to a beautiful place on Hilton
Head Island, recently.

Nope, the only rrop I find is Roger S Long, RR00008224, from FT Dix, NJ.
Dat chew?
http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsS...licKey=2446829

Everything you need for that ship license and your rrop is on the ULS
website:
http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls/index.htm?job=home
They do search the tax bureaucrats to make sure they don't give you a
license if your taxes aren't paid up. You have to have an FRN before you
can use the ULS to get your RROP...isn't that wonderful?

My Restricted Radiotelephone Operators Permit dates back into the 1960's.
The "callsign" perforated into it like your passport said 20J0121. It
doesn't show up on any ULS database, and isn't in my records with my ham
license, either. You'll probably have to get a new one...$$$$$$$ you
know. I got it just for the hell of it back when I was a kid after
getting 20W1956 for CB...(c;

Larry
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Thanks for looking (and you too Wayne). I lived in Boston at the time and I
looked at the side as well and it appears I fell off the radar screen.
Which "lifetime" do you think they were referring to when they said it was a
lifetime license?

--
Roger Long

"Roger Long" wrote in
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Which "lifetime" do you think they were referring to when they said it
was a lifetime license?


The lifetime of a government bureaucrat's computer system and database.
Anything before he "took control" never happened.....(c;

Larry
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