‰ NOW 13 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM DECEMBER 2012 QST PAGE 9 ‰ MORE THAN 12 YEARS AGO, ONE OF WHOM IS STILL LICENSED WHILE THE OTHER IS NOT, IS THAT THE FIRST PERSON WENT THROUGH AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE PROVING NOTHING MORE THAN THAT THEY WERE STILL ALIVE AND PAYING ATTENTION. WITH THAT IN MIND THE FCC RESPONDED FAVORABLY TO A PETITION FILED IN APRIL 2011 BY THE ANCHORAGE VOLUNTEER EXAMINER COORDINATOR TO GRANT EXAMINATION CREDIT FOR ANY EXAM ELEMENTS EVER PASSED BY FORMER LICENSEES, RATHER THAN REQUIRING THEM TO RETEST. IN A NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE MAKING NPRM ƒ QST DE W1AW ‰ RELEASED ON OCTOBER 2 WT DOCKET NO. 12 283 THE COMMISSION SOLICITED PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AND SEVERAL OTHER PROPOSED CHANGES TO ITS RULES. A SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSALS IS ON PAGE 64 OF THIS ISSUE OF QST. THE PROPOSAL IS SIMILAR TO ONE MADE BY THE ARRL IN 1994. THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT LIMITS THE TERM OF A STATION LICENSE TO TEN YEARS BUT THERE IS NO SUCH LIMIT ON AN OPERATOR LICENSE, WHICH THE FCC COULD GRANT FOR THE LIFETIME OF THE ‰ END OF 13 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ