Submitted:
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Posted: Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Williamsburg,
West Virginia
I recieved in the mail today a packet from the W5YI-VEC GROUP saying that they wanted to "help" me renew my amateur radio license.They would do this for the VERY small fee of $7.00.Now I consider myself a little above "average" intelligence,but nowhere in their 5 pages of inserts did I see how much of the fee ACTUALLY went to the FCC for the license.There was only 1 place on the back of the VERY confusing FCC FORM 605 that said if you were already registered with the Universal License Service,AND had a FRN(federal registration number)you could do it online.Just on instint I went to the FCC website,,,It took all of 3 MINUTES to register AND get the FRN ! Once the registration was complete the renewal process was easy,,,AND FREE !!!!! Yes boys and girls there was no FEE AT ALL TO RENEW THE LICENSE !!! The W%YI Group is charging $7.00 to put your application in the computer,a process that takes less than 3 minutes!!!That ain't bad,,,$140 per hour to type in applications !!!!!
Lee
Williamsburg, West Virginia
U.S.A.