There is some history on this, but Chris is in the Cayman Islands for the next several days and I will not be in the office again until at least January 3, so I don't think it will be possible to provide the whole story in the next few days. Briefly, a lifetime operator license is possible under the Communications Act but a lifetime station license is not. Because the two are combined in a single document in the case of an amateur license, providing for a lifetime operator license is somewhat problematic. ARRL petitioned for a lifetime operator license in 1994. I can't quote chapter and verse as to what happened other than that it wasn't adopted. Dave K1ZZ ________________________________ From: Coy Day [mailto:n5ok@arrl.org] Sent: Sat 12/23/2006 9:25 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:15009] Lifetime License Has anyone posed the question of a lifetime license for US radio amateurs? Is it practical? Coy -- Coy Day, N5OK 20685 SW 29 Union City, OK 73090 405-483-5632