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OPERATOR.  AT THAT TIME THE ARRL PROPOSED THAT THE FCC EXTEND ALL CURRENTLY
HELD OPERATOR LICENSES TO LIFETIME.  THIS WOULD HAVE ALLOWED ANYONE THEN
HOLDING AN AMATEUR LICENSE TO APPLY FOR A NEW STATION LICENSE IN THE FUTURE
WITHOUT HAVING TO RETEST.  IT WAS CLEAN, SIMPLE, AND EASY TO IMPLEMENT.
BUT THE FCC THOUGHT IT HAD A BETTER IDEA AND PROPOSED INSTEAD TO GRANT
EXAMINATION CREDIT FOR EXPIRED LICENSES.  THIS PROPOSAL, IN WT DOCKET NO.
95 57, ATTRACTED MORE NEGATIVE THAN POSITIVE COMMENTS AND IN 1997 THE
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