Re: Upgrading to from Tech Plus to General, help on a FCC Form 605 question please

"Jerry Bransford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Jerry Bransford wrote:
> > >
> > > Dang, things just can't be simple any more.
> > >
> > > On the 605 Application Main Form, what Code do I use for Block 2 which
> is
> > > the Application Purpose for my upcoming upgrade from Tech (Plus) to
> General?
> > > Even the ARRL site doesn't mention what code to insert.
> > >
> > > I'm not even 100% sure it's a 605 I use for a license class upgrade,
it
> > > looks like it is the right one to use though.  The directions cover
> > > everything but a simple upgrade of license class.
> > >
> > > I think I have the rest of it figured out.  Thanks & 73!
> > >
> > > Jerry
> > > --
> > > Jerry Bransford
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> > > KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
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> >
> > Hey, Jerry, how's the Jeep? Any tricks to loosen the fan belt adjuster
> pulley?
> >
> > I think you need form 610.
>
> Heh, you're gonna let me have to figure out who you are eh? ;)
>
> Well yeah, I thought it was was the 610 Form too but apparently that's not
> the case any more.  According to the ARRL at
> http://www.arrl.org/fcc/forms.html I now use the 605 form.  It says "Form
> 605 -- used for new license applications and upgrades, license renewals
and
> address, name and systematic call sign changes."
>
> It's more confusing now if that's possible, at least to me.  So who are
you
> on the forum? :)
>
> Jerry

You have to process any upgrades through a VE team.  So go to a VE exam
session and they will have the proper forms.  They will show you what part
you have to fill out and they will fill out the appropriate upgrade
information and the team will sign it off and send it in.  So you don't even
need to worry about what form to use.

If you are a pre-1987 Tech (sometime in April of 1987 is the cutoff date),
you just have to do a paper upgrade.  But it still has to be processed
through the VE team.  Otherwise you will still have to take the General
written test.  Either way, you've got to go through the VEs.  You cannot
submit an upgrade directly to the FCC.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE