Tom...   
      
    TW@> EXCEPT you said "Licence IN HAND". You can operate as soon as it is in   
    TW@> the Online Data Base. In theory that could take 24 Hours but typically   
    TW@> takes a bit longer.   
      
     That quick turnaround I referred to earlier is more the exception that the   
   rule (the ham took the test on Saturday, passing Elements 2, 3, and 4, in one   
   sitting, and his callsign was in the database the Wednesday after the test).   
      
     Now, with the Postal Service eliminating Saturday delivery, it could take   
   longer to get the license "in hand".   
      
     It reminds me of the joke about where so many people nowadays have    
   FORGOTTEN the meaning of the word SERVICE...whether it's Postal Service,    
   Customer Service, Internal Revenue Service, Amateur Radio Service   
   (especially on 75 meters), etc.   
      
     Well, I heard 2 farmers talking the other day...and one told the other   
   that "he needed to get a bull to service his cows".   
      
     BINGO!! The light came on!! (hi hi).   
      
   Daryl, WX1DER   
      
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