They stopped asking the felon question for only a couple years, was basically an oversight, now its recent news that its coming back again. http://www.arrl.org

They stopped asking the felon question for only a couple years, was basically an oversight, now its recent news that its coming back again. http://www.arrl.org/news/revised-fcc-form-605-will-ask-applicants-the-felony-question http://www.arrl.org/news/revised-fcc-form-605-will-ask-appli... The most famous felony-ham-license battle I can think of is the Kevin Mitnick incident from the turn of the century... the FCC lost and ended up renewing his license after all. I vaguely remember some 80s guys getting felony convictions for interfering with police radios and then losing their ham radio license. Of course the future does not necessarily rely on past events and policies.