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FCC Info does not show date 1st Licensed

Aug 6th 2019, 02:52

K5AWO

Joined: Apr 4th 1998, 00:00
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I've been "off the air" since about 1990 due to "life constraints", and getting involved with computers in my job at the same time.

Today I wondered if my license was valid, so checked the FCC Bulletin.

K5AWO
Licensee ID: L00268681
License Class: Amateur Extra
FRN: 0003899804
Radio Service: HA
Issue Date: 01/10/2017
Expire Date: 03/20/2027
Date of Last Change: 01/10/2017 (License Renewed)

My question is why does it not show when I was first licensed back in 1958?

Is there a place where that can be found?
Also, was wondering if the dates when you progress through Novice, to General, to Extra Class are recorded?

I skipped the Technician level.
My only interest for the 1st 20 years was CW on the HF bands.
Aug 6th 2019, 11:21

W1VT

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The FCC lost license records in an early 1970s flood,

It is expensive to digitize old paper records accurately.
Aug 10th 2019, 12:32

K5AWO

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Okay,
thanks for the info..... I have a few of my paper licenses, will have to do a PDF scan for my records.
Aug 12th 2019, 14:20

K7DB

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Scanned images of "Amateur Radio Callbook" going back many years are at https://archive.org/details/callbook.

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