Well, the reason I am the "last tech-plus ham in the world" is simply that as a byproduct of pissing off the Federal government, it refused to handle my timely-filed (January 2010) license renewal. However, the law apparently says that I am a legal ham as long as the FCC is processing my renewal, which seems to amount to "forever". So, while everyone else was upgrading (or expiring) I remain "the last tech-plus ham in the world". https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/3dt9d5/why_does_ae7q_show_novice_license_grants_through/

My understanding, also, is that I am actually still entitled to merely sign a form to become a general. Although, there is no guarantee that the FCC would act on THAT, either.

Jim Bell, N7IJS

From: Razer <Rayzer@riseup.net>
To: jim bell <jdb10987@yahoo.com>; cpunks <cypherpunks@cpunks.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: USB killer v2.0

Are you really? Sigh... Shoulda never let my callsign lapse in the early
2000s, I'd be an advanced by now, and we'd be vying for who dropped dead
first.

RR, KC6NFR-expired

On 10/15/2015 12:34 PM, jim bell wrote:
> Jim Bell, N7IJS. The World's Last Tech-Plus Ham