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The wait...
I remember mine...

My CHL from Austin took almost 4 months for my first license to come in 4 years ago. Now I'm waiting for my renewal... no big deal unless the renewal doesn't come in before my birthday. If it doesn't, then I can't carry until it does.

But, I can undrstand why it takes the DPS so long. They have to make sure that you are you, and that you are 'squeaky clean.' They MUST issue a license if you are, and they're really taking time to make sure. That's ok, because I want to know that I'm as clean as my gun barrel when it comes in, and by carrying said license that is telling other people that I'm clean as well.


But, my other license... my Federal Communications Commission issued radio license way back there '92. Now that was take a test... pass and wait. Wait for no reason other than a piece of paper that says you can transmit. You're cleared by passing the test but you just can't press the PTT until you get that precious document... It's worse than not packing because you can actually take your radio with you and listen to other people talk, you have passed the test, you have the paper to prove it... you just can't talk------------ talk about beating a path to the mail box.

Oh, I was able to wait for my CHL a lot more patient after that.

Since then, the FCC has placed on their web pages a place that you can check to see if you've been issued your callsign. Once you see that the FCC has issued you can print that and begin transmitting before you get your license in the mail.

It would be nice if TX CHL would do the same.

I thought this might help ease some of your pain at waiting so long.

How about posting some other types of waiting here to help take our minds off of waiting for the CHL's to arrive.

73's

Russ