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<v Speaker 1>During the government shutdown, the FCC was kind of working,

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<v Speaker 1>kind of not was working on what they called essential items,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever the heck that's defined as okay, But during that

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<v Speaker 1>time they were not issuing renewals or new Ham radio licenses,

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<v Speaker 1>but VEES, volunteer examiners and vec's Volunteer exam coordinator groups

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<v Speaker 1>were still giving Ham radio tests and Ham radio upgrade

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<v Speaker 1>tests and new license tests. And during that time forty

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<v Speaker 1>three days of government shutdown, they took about twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>hundred new applications for amateur radio licenses. So, guys, that

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<v Speaker 1>tells me the amateur radio is just freaking dying. I

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<v Speaker 1>did a video last week. Not sure the timing of

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<v Speaker 1>the premieres of all these, but last week I recorded

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<v Speaker 1>a video about how is HAM radio outdated? Is it dying?

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<v Speaker 1>Is the numbers are dwindling? And you know, we proved

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<v Speaker 1>that that part was wrong, okay, because since two thousand

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<v Speaker 1>and seven or so, the numbers have been going up,

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<v Speaker 1>either going up or staying steady. Watch that video. You

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<v Speaker 1>can see more about that over there. But I found

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<v Speaker 1>this article. Thanks Carlos for sending this to me. Carlos

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<v Speaker 1>the Skydiving Monkey parachute Jesus as they call him. He

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<v Speaker 1>sent me this article. He's like, dude, this is right

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<v Speaker 1>up your ally. I'm like, yep, you're right about that.

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<v Speaker 1>ABORLVC ready to file twenty five hundred plus twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>hundred plus Ham Radio license applications. FCC extends renewal filing date.

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<v Speaker 1>So if your FCC Ham Radio license or GMRS license

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<v Speaker 1>or other personal radio license it talks about right here,

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<v Speaker 1>amateur ship ship license, aircraft GMRS commercial operator's license, if

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<v Speaker 1>that was up for renewal during this government shutdown, you've

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<v Speaker 1>received an extension. You've received an extension. Renewal filings originally

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<v Speaker 1>due on October first through and including March fifth of

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty six are now due on March fifth of

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty six. So everything that was expired, everything that

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<v Speaker 1>was coming up for renewal between the first of October

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty five and the fifth of March twenty twenty six,

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<v Speaker 1>almost six months, five months worth of renewals have all

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<v Speaker 1>been pushed to March fifth, So you've got several months.

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<v Speaker 1>You have a year and a half for the amateur

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<v Speaker 1>radio license. You have a year and a half after

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<v Speaker 1>your license. If you let it expire, you have a

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<v Speaker 1>year and a half to renew it without taking a test. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't operate during that time, but you can just

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<v Speaker 1>renew it and not take a test and go on

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<v Speaker 1>about your day. But this is a story on the

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<v Speaker 1>ABRL website. It is got a lot of information about

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<v Speaker 1>the government shut down here and it says let's see

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<v Speaker 1>on Thursday morning. So the first thing I noticed is

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<v Speaker 1>the original article was on eleven eighteen, which at the

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<v Speaker 1>time of this recording was about three days ago. They

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<v Speaker 1>updated it yesterday, updated eleon twenty five. FCC system issues

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<v Speaker 1>affecting application processing. So the website's not working big and

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of you have commented saying I've tried to

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<v Speaker 1>get the website to work. I tried to get my

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<v Speaker 1>GMRS license. You just go in there and sign your

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<v Speaker 1>name and put, you know, fill out the form and

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<v Speaker 1>pay your thirty five bucks and you get a GMRS license.

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<v Speaker 1>And I have heard reports of that failing recently as well.

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<v Speaker 1>So on Thursday morning, an official alert was posted on

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<v Speaker 1>the FCC website about the FCC systems experiencing significant performance

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<v Speaker 1>degradation right here. I don't know if we're just bombarding

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<v Speaker 1>it too much, or if their website just sucks. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not sure. While some applications were successfully processed yesterday afternoon,

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<v Speaker 1>it appears that currently the EBF system is no longer

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<v Speaker 1>accepting applications. According to the website, there will be substantial

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<v Speaker 1>delays in retrieving such search results, slower delay processing of

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<v Speaker 1>new apps, modifications, renewals, assigned is transfers and other filings,

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<v Speaker 1>intermittent timeouts during submission, general sluggishness, inability to complete application

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<v Speaker 1>fee payments. Okay. FCC technical staff and contractors are actively

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<v Speaker 1>investigating the cause in are working to restore normal system

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<v Speaker 1>performance as quickly as possible. Issue is being treated with

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<v Speaker 1>the highest priority, highest party. The FCC gives anyway. Commission

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<v Speaker 1>will post additional notices when system performance has been restored.

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<v Speaker 1>In La la la la during the shut Now this

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<v Speaker 1>is the cool part right here. During the shutdown, the

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<v Speaker 1>able r l VEC urged volunteer examiners to continue giving

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<v Speaker 1>Ham radio exams. See important information from for abrl VEC

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<v Speaker 1>exam candidates. Quote. We have over twenty five hundred license

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<v Speaker 1>applications queued up, said Soma Soma's referring to manager Maria

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<v Speaker 1>Soma AB one FM ablel VC Maria Soma, and she

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<v Speaker 1>explained that the announcement means the amateurs whose license expired

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<v Speaker 1>here or will expire between October first and March fifth,

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<v Speaker 1>may continue to operate until completing a license renewal by

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<v Speaker 1>March fifth. So you can continue to operate even if

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<v Speaker 1>your license is expired in October. Just keep going because

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<v Speaker 1>now your renewal date has been pushed back to March fifth. So,

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<v Speaker 1>she says, we have over twenty five hundred licensed applications

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<v Speaker 1>queued up. She noted that the A double orl VEC

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<v Speaker 1>has already started to file the backlog of applications at

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<v Speaker 1>least start quote again, at least for now when the

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<v Speaker 1>FCC again resumes processing, they are limiting each use each

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<v Speaker 1>EBF user like a double or l VEC to upload

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<v Speaker 1>no more than seventy five applications per hour per hour.

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<v Speaker 1>Seventy five applications per hour. When I first read that,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought that said per day. It says seventy five

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<v Speaker 1>applications per hour. To ensure the system is stable, she

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<v Speaker 1>asks applicants to be patient during the FCC process backlog

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<v Speaker 1>for a double l VC exam candidates who are unable

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<v Speaker 1>to get an FCC FRN. If you have a GMRS

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<v Speaker 1>license or a GOROLL license, or any type of any

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<v Speaker 1>type of radio lessons at all, you have a FCC

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<v Speaker 1>registration number what's called an FRN, and the FCC cords

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<v Speaker 1>system was unavailable, Please follow these steps to ensure your

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<v Speaker 1>license applications ready to be processed promptly once the EBF

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<v Speaker 1>system comes back online. So that gives some steps here

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<v Speaker 1>to And I've heard some of this as well. I've

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<v Speaker 1>heard some people saying that, hey, I can't even get

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<v Speaker 1>an f r A number, I can't log into the website,

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<v Speaker 1>there's some kind of error, it's slow, it's sluggish, whatnot.

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<v Speaker 1>And I've been hearing that for a while. Actually, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if they took any of that down during

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<v Speaker 1>the forty three day government shutdown. Regardless, we have we

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<v Speaker 1>have over twenty five hundred applications and it doesn't really

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<v Speaker 1>break down. Are they new applications and renewals? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>It sounds like they're new applications to me. Now you

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<v Speaker 1>say new applications, there might be people who have their

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<v Speaker 1>tech or general license that went into a VC and

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<v Speaker 1>took their extra test or took their general upgrade from

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<v Speaker 1>technician test and got that upgrade, and that might be

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<v Speaker 1>one of those twenty five hundred I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>it's twenty five hundred brand new people or not. This

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<v Speaker 1>article does not break it down that specifically, and quite frankly,

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<v Speaker 1>they probably don't have that information until they loaded into

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<v Speaker 1>a computer somewhere and then have the numbers read back

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<v Speaker 1>to them. So I don't know. I don't know how

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<v Speaker 1>they're doing it. And you know, if they're using exam tools,

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<v Speaker 1>then it's probably calculating it pretty accurately. If they're using

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<v Speaker 1>paper logs, which is still a thing, then who knows

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<v Speaker 1>how many it is. But either way, either way, if

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<v Speaker 1>you are interested in getting your Ham Radio license or

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<v Speaker 1>your upgrade, I highly recommend Ham Radio Prep go to

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<v Speaker 1>Ham radioprep dot com. Check out all of their license

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<v Speaker 1>basics course. They have an HF radio course. They have

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<v Speaker 1>all three lives courses for Technician, General, and Extra. They're

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<v Speaker 1>offering a Black Friday discount on that entire package, and

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<v Speaker 1>individual courses or a bundle package anything from Hamradio Prep

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. Appreciate those guys support over the last two

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<v Speaker 1>or three years. They've been a good sponsor of the channel.

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<v Speaker 1>They're fun to talk to at hamfests. They've gotten a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people licensed over the course of the last

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<v Speaker 1>few years. So Hamradio Prep dot com go check them

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<v Speaker 1>out and get on the bandwagon to get your imateure

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<v Speaker 1>radio license like these other twenty five hundred people right here.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you have if you are having problem getting

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<v Speaker 1>your frin, here is what you do and I will

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<v Speaker 1>put a link to this article in the description blow

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<v Speaker 1>so you guys can go check that out. Register for

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<v Speaker 1>your CORESE account at this url right here. Apps dot

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<v Speaker 1>FCC dot gov, slash CORSE, slash log in userlog in

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<v Speaker 1>dot do using your email address and your username, verify

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<v Speaker 1>your account and log in to obtain your FCCFRN. Be

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<v Speaker 1>sure to register as an individual entered your personal information

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<v Speaker 1>exactly as it appears on your photo ID. When you

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<v Speaker 1>receive your FRN, save it carefully. This is your permanent

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<v Speaker 1>FCC identifier. Send your name, test date, and new FRN

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<v Speaker 1>to ablel VC email VEC at a doblel dot org

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<v Speaker 1>and there we go. There's other vcs out there. Glarg

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<v Speaker 1>Alaska has a VC, WIYI has a VC. A DOUBLEL

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<v Speaker 1>is one of many VCS Volunteer Exam Coordinator group that

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<v Speaker 1>is out there. They do a fantastic job. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you go through another VC, that's totally fine as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Just go study and go get your hand radio license. So,

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<v Speaker 1>but twenty five hundred applications waiting, twenty five hundred in

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<v Speaker 1>forty three days. In the last forty three days the

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<v Speaker 1>government was shut down for forty three days. They reopened

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<v Speaker 1>the government about about a week ago at the time

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<v Speaker 1>of this recording, around November thirteen, okay, but prior to

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<v Speaker 1>that it was forty three day and apparently a week

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<v Speaker 1>ago they still can't get the website to work. So

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, but yeah, twenty five hundred plus backlog

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<v Speaker 1>applications for amateur radio licensed guys. Amateur radio is not dying.

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<v Speaker 1>It's getting more popular, it's getting better, it's evolving, but

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<v Speaker 1>it is not dying. I'd like to know have you

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<v Speaker 1>experienced problems with the FCC website? Have you tried even GMRS?

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<v Speaker 1>Have you tried to get a GMRS license? Have you

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<v Speaker 1>tried to get an FRN. Have you tried to get

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<v Speaker 1>your HAM radio license upgrade? Or have you taken a

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<v Speaker 1>new exam and you're still waiting on your call sign.

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<v Speaker 1>You're still waiting on your upgrade because everything's been so

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<v Speaker 1>slow right now during this government shutdown. Put a comment

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<v Speaker 1>in the description below let me know what your specific

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<v Speaker 1>situation is. I would love to hear from you. Seventy three.

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<v Speaker 1>If you enjoy this video, check out these videos over

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<v Speaker 1>watch next. Seventy three