According to <http://www.hamuniverse.com/frequencyallocations.html>, there is no grandfather provision and a Novice is not grandfathered to Technician, implying these classes did not actually merge.  That said, this source may be outdated.  It implies that one may have a grandfathered Novice license with grandfathered privileges, but one can no longer obtain a new Novice license (did you find otherwise)?  [Perhaps the article is referring strictly to the license names, but not the privileges).

I had a similar question to yours a couple of weeks ago and found this great history on Wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio_licensing_in_the_United_States> (not sure it'll answer your specific question, but it is great reading). Did you know that (per Wikipedia), "Established in 1912, regulation of radio was a result of the U.S. Navy's concern about interference to its stations and its desire to be able to order radio stations off the air in the event of war.  U.S. radio broadcasting was first governed by the U.S. Department of Commerce (the U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor until March 1913), then by the Federal Radio Commission, and finally (in 1934) by the FCC?"  Sounds like it was a free-for-all before 1912.

There is an interesting "cancellation notice of amateur licenses in Word Ward 2" on the same page.

Also, in 1912 the licenses were called "Amateur First Grade" and "Amateur Second Grade".  The requirements, privileges, and number and names of licenses has been dynamic for a long time.  I had always thought it was much more static and that the changes in the past decade or two were unusual - not so.

Ken
KA6KEN

--On Sunday, January 10, 2016 12:36 PM -0800 Stephen Nelson <steve.motorola.uranium@gmail.com> wrote:

All,

I have a question about the "current" frequency privileges for each
license class. I can see that Novice merged with Tech class, but what
happened to the Advanced class privileges?

Did it merge with Extra?






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Stephen Nelson
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