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DROPPED.  TIMES HAVE CHANGED.  THE LICENSE TERM IN THOSE DAYS WAS FIVE
YEARS NOW ITS TEN.  TODAY THE FCC TREATS OPERATOR AND PRIMARY STATION
LICENSES AS INSEPARABLE YOU CANT HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.  THE ONLY
REQUIREMENT TO RENEW A LICENSE IS TO REMEMBER TO DO SO BEFORE THE TWO YEAR
GRACE PERIOD EXPIRES.  THUS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE LICENSED
‰  END OF 10 WPM TEXT  ‰  QST DE W1AW  ƒ