"Ron Natalie" wrote in message . ..

"Marcus Walls" wrote in message ...

Actually, I'm pretty sure that FCC regs DON'T require you to have
license available when exercising the privledges.

Not anymore.

Sorry, that sounds ambiguous. What I was saying is that it is NO LONGER
required that you have the certificate in your possession.


I remember being told that I could exercise my license after seeing my
newly issued callsign in the FCC's online database.

This is new in the past few years. Before you had to wait until you got the paper.