How are you notified by FCC

[WRXR255]

22 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

I know it’s popular to bash government agencies, but the vast majority of employees I’ve dealt with have been extremely conscientious and sincere in wanting to help.

In agreement mostly here.  The downstream joe blow in most cases does their job well, but its the top management driving roughshod over what they are there for and mission creep is why we bash them, and call them out on it.  Heck, Its in most Americans DNA to be distrustful and watchful over those GOV agencies as it should be.

I mean, the Board of Education department has its own, internally ran and funded SWAT team...  WTF?

3 AM no knock raid because Jhonny was tardy yesterday for school.

[Davichko5650]

29 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

 IRS, 

In person, very easy to deal with the Aunt IRiS crew (AKA the IRene Simpson people - old fraud case ref.) . Easy on the phone if it was direct dial to specific agents, 27 years as a Corp. & Fiduciary Tax Accountant gave me ample occasion to work with them. Generic calls to the old 800-1040 number were a crap shoot as to how it'd go!

[CALO50]

8 hours ago, SteveShannon said:

I’ve also had great experiences with the FCC Helpline, and I’m able to find my way through ULS, but it’s certainly not intuitive.
I’ve also had great experiences dealing with ATF (both as a 40 year former FFL and in meetings with leaders because of rocketry), BLM, IRS, and FAA.  I know it’s popular to bash government agencies, but the vast majority of employees I’ve dealt with have been extremely conscientious and sincere in wanting to help. 

I'll admit, I've had great experiences with EPA. I'm shocked at how helpful and responsive my contacts have been for the last 4 years. Believe it or not, they became a lot more efficient when COVID forced them to work remotely. Their updated protocols, at least for my interactions/dealings, went from 10 days to 2 to 3 hour turn-around time for reviews and approvals.

[CALO50]

7 hours ago, WRXR255 said:

I mean, the Board of Education department has its own, internally ran and funded SWAT team...  WTF?

3 AM no knock raid because Jhonny was tardy yesterday for school.

Jhonny used the wrong pronoun.

[WSEF841]

Just posting what I went through for future GMSR-ers.. 

Finished the online maze and paid the fee on Thursday.
Looked myself up with my FTN in the public GMRS search (Hyperlinked) and had a callsign Sunday.
Tuesday early AM received an email from the FCC.
 

[TrucksNCoffee]

11 hours ago, WSEF841 said:

Just posting what I went through for future GMSR-ers.. 

Finished the online maze and paid the fee on Thursday.
Looked myself up with my FTN in the public GMRS search (Hyperlinked) and had a callsign Sunday.
Tuesday early AM received an email from the FCC.
 

That's perzackly my experience. I paid the fee on Friday the 16th, looked up with my FTN on Sunday and voila! There it was! Still waiting for that email, though.

[WRUU653]

8 minutes ago, TrucksNCoffee said:

That's perzackly my experience. I paid the fee on Friday the 16th, looked up with my FTN on Sunday and voila! There it was! Still waiting for that email, though.

You may want to check your spam filter.

[TrucksNCoffee]

20 hours ago, WRUU653 said:

You may want to check your spam filter.

I just did. Nuttin.

[WRXR255]

2 minutes ago, TrucksNCoffee said:

I just did. Nuttin.

When they kick your door in at 3 AM and shoot your dog you will know.

[Guest NotARubiksCube]

After getting my GMRS permission slip 2 days ago, on unrelated business had to give feedback on National Highway Institute’s horrendous website. I told them “at least it isn’t as bad as FCC’s website.”

[WSDC279]

I got mine via email, also went to the web site as well.......[ that was fun ]

[GreggInFL]

The joke is that the FCC web site is tougher than the H.A.M. exams.  Just getting through it should be enough for a license.

[Guest Robert - KE4OFS]

Technician Class. Just applied for a GMRS license. Not too bad with some YT tutorials. But, trying to pay was a royal pain! Didn't realize that I had to associate my FRN to my account to receive a username and password for future events, like this. After discovering this, it went a bit smoother. But, upon trying to pay; noticed that I wasn't able to select a payee FRN and it wouldn't let me choose a payment method. Then, finally got a message, while resubmitting my request for the 6th - 7th time, that my FRN wasn't associated with my account, again! So, I had to "re-associate" my account with my FRN, for a second time during this 7th process; and then it recognized me as a payee with FRN. Then, things smoothed out and my bank shows the upcoming FCC draft. A very convoluted website, to say the least!

[Jaay]

2 hours ago, Guest Robert - KE4OFS said:

Technician Class. Just applied for a GMRS license. Not too bad with some YT tutorials. But, trying to pay was a royal pain! Didn't realize that I had to associate my FRN to my account to receive a username and password for future events, like this. After discovering this, it went a bit smoother. But, upon trying to pay; noticed that I wasn't able to select a payee FRN and it wouldn't let me choose a payment method. Then, finally got a message, while resubmitting my request for the 6th - 7th time, that my FRN wasn't associated with my account, again! So, I had to "re-associate" my account with my FRN, for a second time during this 7th process; and then it recognized me as a payee with FRN. Then, things smoothed out and my bank shows the upcoming FCC draft. A very convoluted website, to say the least!

Did they advise you to pay using CORES ? That's what I did for both licenses.

[Socalgmrs]

2 hours ago, Guest Robert - KE4OFS said:

Technician Class. Just applied for a GMRS license. Not too bad with some YT tutorials. But, trying to pay was a royal pain! Didn't realize that I had to associate my FRN to my account to receive a username and password for future events, like this. After discovering this, it went a bit smoother. But, upon trying to pay; noticed that I wasn't able to select a payee FRN and it wouldn't let me choose a payment method. Then, finally got a message, while resubmitting my request for the 6th - 7th time, that my FRN wasn't associated with my account, again! So, I had to "re-associate" my account with my FRN, for a second time during this 7th process; and then it recognized me as a payee with FRN. Then, things smoothed out and my bank shows the upcoming FCC draft. A very convoluted website, to say the least!

This whole thread amazes me. I had zero trouble.  It took like 10min total all on the first try.  But I read instructions before I start something.  An average adult witu basic skills should be able to use the fcc web site no problem.    What is wrong with people. 

[Jaay]

5 minutes ago, Socalgmrs said:

This whole thread amazes me. I had zero trouble.  It took like 10min total all on the first try.  But I read instructions before I start something.  An average adult witu basic skills should be able to use the fcc web site no problem.    What is wrong with people. 

What is Wrong with YOU ? Why do you have to act like an Ass, every time someone makes a normal statement ?  BE NICE, it really Doesn't hurt.

[OffRoaderX]

1 hour ago, Jaay said:

What is Wrong with YOU ? Why do you have to act like an Ass

he is socially rheet-hard-ed and is not able to relate/to or emphasize with other humans. he is seriously defective.

[WSHH887]

3 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said:

he is socially rheet-hard-ed and is not able to relate/to or emphasize with other humans. he is seriously defective.

You pretty much defined a sociopath. I'd never go that far without a through psychological exam. But...

[GreggInFL]

17 hours ago, Guest Robert - KE4OFS said:

Technician Class. Just applied for a GMRS license. Not too bad with some YT tutorials. But, trying to pay was a royal pain! Didn't realize that I had to associate my FRN to my account to receive a username and password for future events, like this. After discovering this, it went a bit smoother. But, upon trying to pay; noticed that I wasn't able to select a payee FRN and it wouldn't let me choose a payment method. Then, finally got a message, while resubmitting my request for the 6th - 7th time, that my FRN wasn't associated with my account, again! So, I had to "re-associate" my account with my FRN, for a second time during this 7th process; and then it recognized me as a payee with FRN. Then, things smoothed out and my bank shows the upcoming FCC draft. A very convoluted website, to say the least!

If Amazon's web site was similar, it would be out of business.

[Davichko5650]

14 hours ago, Socalgmrs said:

This whole thread amazes me. I had zero trouble.  It took like 10min total all on the first try

We can agree to agree on this one! I've never had any trouble with the FCC website, and especially none where they wanted my money!

[WRYZ926]

While the FCC website can definitely be slow and occasionally time out, I haven't had troubles registering for my FRN, applying for my GMRS license or paying for my technician license once I received an email from the FCC.

I think that we can all agree that the FCC website, and especially their data base, can use improvements.

[WSHH887]

It's a government website. That means done by the lowest bidder to the minimum standards (did quite a few Fed project from CDC to bureau of prisons). 
I had no problems but the next person might not be so lucky.