The FCC said, in the NPRM related to droppiing element 1 that NO licensees were going to get grandfathered. They were vary clear about this.
If you take and pass elements 2 and 3 to get the general ticket and do not take the code test, hoping that the FCC will soon act, you're on thin ice. Remember that the CSCE is only good for a year. After that expires, you must retest. That's the present rule and nothing has been said about people with good CSCEs.for element 3.
Anyone who passed element 3 in 2004 have lost their credits. Anyone who tested in 2005 will have their certs expire this year. If the FCC does nothing regarding the code test this year, you'll have to retest. As I write this, it is 2/18/06. If your CESE was issued on 2/17/05, you're out of the picture under present rules. You'll have to retest the passed elements unless the FCC were to change the rule regarding the credit and CSCE. And as I've said, nothing has been indicated about those certs.
It's completely up to you. You can test now and wait to see what happens, if anything, or bite the bullet and take the code exam. Taking and passing the code test with the written elements gets you into ham radio almost immediately. If you decide to wait, you may be waitng for an unknown period and the cert will expire while you wait.
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