G1D03: On which of the following band segments may you operate if you are a …

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On which of the following band segments may you operate if you are a Technician class operator and have an unexpired Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE) for General class privileges?

AOnly the Technician band segments until your upgrade is posted in the FCC database
BOnly on the Technician band segments until you have a receipt for the FCC application fee payment
COn any General or Technician class band segment
DOn any General or Technician class band segment except 30 meters and 60 meters

Why Under 97.9(b), a Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination gives you immediate credit for the upgraded operating privileges while your license modification is processed, and it stays valid for 365 days. That means you may use every frequency and mode your new class authorizes, plus everything you already held, as soon as you walk out of the exam session. While operating on the new privileges before the upgrade appears in the FCC database, you must identify with your call sign followed by the indicator /AG (or "slash AG" on phone).

Watch out The choice carving out 30 and 60 meters invents a restriction that does not exist; a CSCE for General conveys full General privileges, including those bands. Waiting for the database posting or an application fee receipt is not required either, which is the whole point of the CSCE.

CSCE = instant upgrade, good 365 days. Sign /AG until the FCC database catches up. No bands held back.

HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.

47 CFR 97.9(b) Operator license grant.

(a) The classes of amateur operator license grants are: Novice, Technician, General, Advanced, and Amateur Extra. The person named in the operator license grant is authorized to be the control operator of an amateur station with the privileges authorized to the operator class specified on the license grant.

(b) The person named in an operator license grant of Novice, Technician, General or Advanced Class, who has properly submitted to the administering VEs a FCC Form 605 document requesting examination for an operator license grant of a higher class, and who holds a CSCE indicating that the person has completed the necessary examinations within the previous 365 days, is authorized to exercise the rights and privileges of the higher operator class until final disposition of the application or until 365 days following the passing of the examination, whichever comes first.

eCFR text as of 1 Sep 2026 · read on ecfr.gov

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