THE PQS DOCUMENT REFERS TO GRANDFATHERING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THE AUXCOM TEST ON OR BEFORE 31JUL08. DOES THAT MEAN THAT SOMEONE WHO HAS PASSED THE AUXCOM TEST WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE ENTERED INTO AUXDATA AS TCO QUALIFIED?
a. A. NO. IN THE CASE OF THIS PQS, GRANDFATHERING REFERS ONLY TO THE AUTHORIZATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO ACT AS THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF AN AUXILIARY RADIO UNIT. IN ORDER TO BE IDENTIFIED AS BEING TCO QUALIFIED, ALL MEMBERS MUST COMPLETE THE PQS. 5. Q. ONE OF MY CM (COMMUNICATIONS) STAFF MEMBERS HAS MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND HOLDS BOTH A HAM LICENSE AND AN FCC COMMERCIAL LICENSE. CAN HE OBTAIN A WAIVER OF THE PQS AND THEREBY BE CERTIFIED AS TCO QUALIFIED? a. A. NO. THE ONLY PATH TO ACHIEVE TCO QUALIFICATION IS BY PASSING THE PQS AND BEING CERTIFIED BY DIRAUX. THIS PATH IS EXACTLY PARALLEL TO BOTH THE BOAT CREW QUALIFICATION AND THE AIR CREW QUALIFICATION. FOR SOMEONE WITH THE KIND OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE YOU DESCRIBE, THE PROCESS OF QUALIFYING SHOULD BE EASY AND QUICK.
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