Friday, November 28, 2014

Amateur Radio Licence

Here is the timeline of my amateur radio license application and further milestones.

2010 December: Wrote General Grade Exam at Bangalore (Little Elly School)
2011 January: Gave the Morse Code Test (Did not clear the receive part)

[Goes to cold again]

2013 November: Joined IIH and attended classes (Only the regulations)
2014 January: Wrote Restricted Grade Exam at IIH Bangalore (25/1/2014)
2014 April: Results declared (11/4/2014) +76days
2014 July: Got a call from the Police Station for the verification (17/7/2014) +97days
2014 Sep: Got the letter from WPC notifying grant of licence and payment of fees (01/09/2014) +46days
2014 Sep: Got a letter from WPC stating that the attestion has deficiencies - Attesting officer's Name, Designation and place of posting should be mentioned. (26/09/2014)
2014 Oct: Re-sent the attested copy for age proof (08/10/2014)
2014 Nov: Called WPC Delhi to inquire the status. Told that the license is under approval and it would be sent in a week's time. (13/11/2014)
2014 Nov: Got the license by speedpost (28/11/2014)

Took 307 days from the day of writing exam.