[ARRL-OK] ARLB010 FCC to Stop Accepting Pre-December 2003 Form 605

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ARRL Bulletin 10  ARLB010
>From ARRL Headquarters  
Newington CT  April 12, 2004
To all radio amateurs 

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ARLB010 FCC to Stop Accepting Pre-December 2003 Form 605

Effective with Monday, May 3, receipts, the FCC's
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau will dismiss any
applications filed on an FCC Form 605 issued earlier
than December 2003.  Form 605, Quick-Form Application
for Authorization in the Ship, Aircraft, Amateur,
Restricted and Commercial Operator, and General Mobile
Radio Service, is the hard-copy version of the Amateur
Service application.  The change does not affect
applicants filing on-line with the Universal Licensing
System (ULS) at, http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls/, said the
FCC, which is encouraging on-line filing.

ARRL VEC Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, says the Form 605
announcement will affect the way ARRL has been making
FCC Form 605 available.  He says the League's widely
distributed March 2001 Form 605 in a three-sheet
ivory/buff-colored package with perforated pages will
become obsolete for applications the FCC receives on or
after May 3.

In the wake of the FCC's unexpected announcement, the
ARRL is developing a replacement package that could
require several more pages.  It hopes to have it ready
in time for Hamvention May 14-16.

The FCC has been accepting both older and current Form
605 applications that included a line (Item 9a) for a
Taxpayer Identification Number, a Social Security number
for an individual.  The FCC would then issue the
applicant an FCC Registration Number (FRN) without
additional paperwork.  All amateur applicants must have
and use an FRN when filing an application such as Form
605 with the FCC.  Applicants attending VEC test sessions
can still supply a Social Security number, which will
result in automatic Commission Registration System (CORES)
registration.

All amateur applicants must have and use an FRN when
filing an application such as Form 605 with the FCC.
Under the system going into effect in May, applicants not
yet registered in CORES and filing on paper will need to
file FCC Form 160, CORES Registration to obtain a FCC
Registration Number (FRN).  After the FCC has issued an
FRN, applicants also might want to file FCC Form 606 to
associate the FRN with an individual's license record(s)
and call sign(s).  CORES registration data and FCC license
data are maintained in separate FCC databases.

The completed Form 160 goes to a unique Washington, DC,
FCC address to obtain the applicant's FRN.  Once the FCC
issues an FRN to the applicant, this number must be used
when filing FCC Form 605, which goes to the FCC's
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, office.  The two forms may not
be mailed to Gettysburg together.  Applicants need to have
obtained an FRN via Form 160 before they can file a Form
605.

ARRL recommends that all amateurs file an on-line or paper
Form 606 to associate their FRN with their license
record(s) and call sign(s) in the FCC license database.
Jahnke says the easiest way is to do this electronically
via the ULS, and the process now is fairly straightforward.

The current edition of Form 605, dated December 2003, is
available on the FCC forms page,

http://wireless.fcc.gov/feesforms/index.html.

For more information or assistance, contact the FCC Consumer
Center, toll-free, 888-CALLFCC (888-225-5322) and select
option 2, or via e-mail at, fccmd@fcc.gov.


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