Daryl Stout wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RW@>> AFAIK, if you already have a license and you've successfully passed   
    RW@>> a higher license exam, you may operate with the higher privileges   
    RW@>> on your present class of license for 30 days or the day your new   
    RW@>> license is delivered in the mail. If you aren't presently licensed,   
    RW@>> you'll not be able to operate until you do have your license in   
    RW@>> hand.   
      
    DS>   Actually, the Certificate Of Successful Completion Of Examination   
    DS> (CSCE) that an examinee receives for passing a license exam is good   
    DS> for 365 calendar days after initial issuance. The only time an   
    DS> examinee can't operate with a CSCE is if they don't have a callsign.   
      
   Not having a need to know, I wasn't familiar with this new rule.   
      
    97.9   Operator license grant.   
      
   (a) The classes of amateur operator license grants are: Novice,   
   Technician, General, Advanced, and Amateur Extra. The person named in the   
   operator license grant is authorized to be the control operator of an   
   amateur station with the privileges authorized to the operator class   
   specified on the license grant.   
      
   (b) The person named in an operator license grant of Novice, Technician,   
   General or Advanced Class, who has properly submitted to the administering   
   VEs a FCC Form 605 document requesting examination for an operator license   
   grant of a higher class, and who holds a CSCE indicating that the person   
   has completed the necessary examinations within the previous 365 days, is   
   authorized to exercise the rights and privileges of the higher operator   
   class until final disposition of the application or until 365 days   
   following the passing of the examination, whichever comes first.   
      
   [75 FR 78169, Dec. 15, 2010]   
      
    DS>   If they have the callsign, they can use the new privileges   
    DS> immediately, with the special suffix identifiers, as follows:   
      
      
            R\%/itt, K5RXT   
      
      
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