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"Glenn Ashmore" wrote:

Back in 2000 the FCC eliminated the "Amateur Advanced" license as an upgrade
but all the published band plans still have 3,700 to 3,800 on 80 meters,
14,175 to 14,225 on 40 meters and 21,225 to 21,275 on 15 meters reserved
for Advanced and Extra. Any idea why there is still a separate rule for
Advanced when they no longer exist?

You have your Facts a bit wrong here....the FCC over the years have
chaged the rules a number of times concerning the Advanced Class
License. What they have NEVER done is abandon, or eliminate, the
License itself. What they have done, a number of times, is not
allow any NEW Advanced Licenses to be issued, which is exactly the
case, today. Us Advanced Licensee's can keep our licenses and renew
them, but no New licenses will be issued. I could have applied for
and upgraded to an Extra, many years ago, after I received my
RadioTelgraph License, but choose to keep the Advanced because it
is a small CLUB that is unique aand limited in nature. and I really
don't talk to those Exclusive Extra's down on the XtraPortion anyway.

Bruce in alaska
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Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg-
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I could have applied for
and upgraded to an Extra, many years ago, after I received my
RadioTelgraph License, but choose to keep the Advanced because it
is a small CLUB that is unique aand limited in nature. and I really
don't talk to those Exclusive Extra's down on the XtraPortion anyway.



I know a ham who kept his WN4 Novice call, even though he's been an Extra
for years and years, now. God, you oughta hear 'em on the Extra bands on
20 and 15 when he's pointed that 8 element monster with the Alpha 77 at
some rare DX station to say hi. The old farts start cussin' and jammin'
and trying to run him off....well, until someone boots up QRZ and looks
up his call and tells them all he's an Extra and has been for 20
years....(c;

I love to rile them, myself. They are just so petty and fun to poke the
stick at....(c;

I know an old fart that looks up every new station he hears on a 2M
repeater. He's crazy!....

Larry
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Democracy is when two wolves and a sheep vote on who's for dinner.
Liberty is when the sheep has his own gun.

Larry wrote:
Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg-
:

I could have applied for
and upgraded to an Extra, many years ago, after I received my
RadioTelgraph License, but choose to keep the Advanced because it
is a small CLUB that is unique aand limited in nature. and I really
don't talk to those Exclusive Extra's down on the XtraPortion anyway.



I know a ham who kept his WN4 Novice call, even though he's been an Extra
for years and years, now. God, you oughta hear 'em on the Extra bands on
20 and 15 when he's pointed that 8 element monster with the Alpha 77 at
some rare DX station to say hi. The old farts start cussin' and jammin'
and trying to run him off....well, until someone boots up QRZ and looks
up his call and tells them all he's an Extra and has been for 20
years....(c;

I love to rile them, myself. They are just so petty and fun to poke the
stick at....(c;

I know an old fart that looks up every new station he hears on a 2M
repeater. He's crazy!....

Larry
You can't always tell if someone has an extra ticket by their call. I
keep w4ind because we are usually operating from the sailboat. I liked
WIND and as soon as they start processing vanity calls again my wife
will apply for W4AVE, WAVE.
de W4IND Extra Class

krj wrote in news:TM9uh.3963$p%6.3322
@bignews7.bellsouth.net:

You can't always tell if someone has an extra ticket by their call. I
keep w4ind because we are usually operating from the sailboat. I liked
WIND and as soon as they start processing vanity calls again my wife
will apply for W4AVE, WAVE.
de W4IND Extra Class



I hated the damned call FCC gave me with my Advanced ticket, KN4IM. I
swore to NEVER have another call with N and M in it, ever again, having
to repeat it over and over phonetically so the idiot on the other end,
who just HAD to have it right, could get it. So, I looked in QRZ for
possible vanity calls to replace it.

N4SEX was very tempting and open at that time...Not 4 Sex...great fun.

But, to my amazement, Charleston, South Carolina's namesake call had been
open for almost 4 years after the original owner died in the Shenandoah
Valley. That was my first choice, even though it was not an "Extra
Call" they all cherish. I wanted an original, well as original as FCC
will let us have, 1x3 call. So I got W4CharlestonSouthCarolina, W4CSC.
If I say it like that, they even get my location right...(c;

I've gotten permission from WCSC, our CBS affiliate, to take a picture of
their new broadcast TV building with the HUGE broadbased Doppler 5000
radar tower behind it for a picture QSL card. A little paintbrushed 4
over the WCSC door logo looks just great on my hamfest golf shirts. The
4 is in red and looks like someone painted it by hand...(c; I never
followed through on the QSL production as I rarely use them, any more,
and the ones I do send out seem to be more appreciated with Magnolia
Gardens Plantation cards from the tourist trap across the Ashley River
from me.
http://www.magnoliaplantation.com/
Watch the movie. These are my neighbors....(c; They even have a little
dock setup for the tour boats which refuse to come this far up the river
just to feed them. There's a webcam on the bridge, if it's working.

Larry
--
Democracy is when two wolves and a sheep vote on who's for dinner.
Liberty is when the sheep has his own gun.