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   Yuo need a NEW set of Rules that quote is OUT of Date   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