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

Thank you Dee, that confirms what I figured out just a few minutes ago.  I
use the NCVEC Quick-Form 605 Application which takes care of everything and
turn it into the VEC team the day of my test.  Thanks for the help. :)

Jerry
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"Dee D. Flint" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "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
> > > > To email, remove 'me' from my email address
> > > > KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
> > > > See the Geezer Jeep at
> > > > http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/
> > >
> > > 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
>