FCC radio permit

ahmad

ahmad

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Why does every government website have to be such a pain to navigate? I'm trying to obtain this useless piece of paper but I can't because under the personal information tab where I have to enter my address it does not have United States as the country. I can't get past this page because I have to enter the country for the address but US is not an option.
 
Doc Holliday said:
Go back and reread. You are on the page for people with a foreign address. Go back and click on the correct box for a US address.
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Ugh I totally missed that.
Thank you for the help. That website was so annoying and hard to understand/navigate.
 
Part of passing the test is figuring out the application form, once you can navigate it, you passed. That is until you lose your form.
 
I don't want to deal with the bureaucracy and their forms. That's why I still have my original from 1975
 
Thank God it never expires. I will print 4 copies so I never have to deal with that site again.
And what's the point of this permit seriously? Looks like just a way to collect $35 from everyone.
 
It's required for VHF operations out of the country. And any HF operations. It used to be required for VHF in the US years ago. It's an FCC and ICAO requirement.
 
kgruber said:
WAIT! Was there an exam? Not in 1965.
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There as no PG in 1965. The PG is the General Radio Telephone Operators License, formerly known as the Second Class Radiotelephone Operators License. Not only does it cover me operating aviation stations, but I could work in a repair facility.
 
The only reason to get one is when flying internationally. And if you're doing that don't forget the radio operator license for the pilot. You need both. At least one of them (I don't remember which) is not free, nor lifetime. One of mine cost around $150 and must be renewed every 10 years.
 
MRC01 said:
The only reason to get one is when flying internationally. And if you're doing that don't forget the radio operator license for the pilot. You need both. At least one of them (I don't remember which) is not free, nor lifetime. One of mine cost around $150 and must be renewed every 10 years.
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I have a Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit issued free on July 11, 1969.
 
MRC01 said:
The only reason to get one is when flying internationally. And if you're doing that don't forget the radio operator license for the pilot. You need both. At least one of them (I don't remember which) is not free, nor lifetime. One of mine cost around $150 and must be renewed every 10 years.
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I was just looking at my FCC licenses (amateur radio and aircraft) this afternoon and saw the aircraft radio station license had expired two years ago. It is only needed for international flights, and costs $135. I opted to not renew it.
 
I never had a station license issued to me personally. Up until the time they did away with the need for them for domestic requiremetns, I just our club's fleet license.
 
NordicDave said:
off the FAA website?
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Website in 1965? In 1977, I got my third class with a broadcast endorsement by heading down to see Miss Annie Woodlawn in the Baltimore FCC offices. I later got my technician class ham license and my second tests doesn't in the same office. Later, my instructor wouldn't believe the 3rd was good enough so I got a restricted (you just filled out a post card form and mailed it off to the fcc).
 
Have 3
One from 1970 . FAA
One for CB radio
One for BB radio for farm.
Lost the FAA one along with the wallet it was in.
No longer use CB’s
No longer farm and all the equipment with BB radios gone.
But….. still here on farm.
 
Yesterday I went flying and checked the paperwork in my plane:
1. The radio operator license has no expiration date.
2. The radio station license must be renewed every 10 years.
 
There is provision to get refunded for fees is you write statement stating you cant afford fees with reasons listed……worth a chance.
 
AlphaPilotFlyer said:
There is provision to get refunded for fees is you write statement stating you cant afford fees with reasons listed……worth a chance.
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That's funny. You can afford to fly (or own!) airplanes but you can't afford the fees for a permit.
 
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