"Robert Casey" wrote in message
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Many novices may not even have their original CSCE. The FCC would
also recognize a copy of your former Novice license as proof you passed
5 wpm.




Yes that is true but I was addressing the case of someone who's first
license was a Technician.

If it was a tech plus, that means that they passed a 5wpm code test.
Which should also
be good. What strangely enough happened is say someone who never passed
a 5wpm
test but passed 13 or 20, doesn't get the lifetime credit. Some FCC
brearucrat writing
the rules didn't realize that he should have written "5 WPM or faster".
He might have
thught 5 was harder than 13 or something like that...

Kinda scary, eh? Should serve as a reminder to all who repeat the "but the
FCC says..., but the FCC says..., but the FCC says..." mantra solely because
it serves their current agenda.

73 de Bert
WA2SI