[BCVHFA] Fwd: ARLB026 FCC Proposes to Hike Amateur Radio Vanity Call Sign Fee

Wed, 26 Mar 2003 22:03:15 -0500

>Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 17:40:20 -0500
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>Subject: ARLB026 FCC Proposes to Hike Amateur Radio Vanity Call Sign Fee
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>ARLB026 FCC Proposes to Hike Amateur Radio Vanity Call Sign Fee
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>ARRL Bulletin 26  ARLB026
> From ARRL Headquarters
>Newington CT  March 26, 2003
>To all radio amateurs
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>SB QST ARL ARLB026
>ARLB026 FCC Proposes to Hike Amateur Radio Vanity Call Sign Fee
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>The FCC proposed March 26 increasing the regulatory fee to apply
>for, renew or reinstate an Amateur Radio vanity call sign from
>$14.50 to $16.30 this fall. The Commission included the new fee in a
>Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) "Assessment and Collection of
>Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2003" (MD 03-83), released today.
>The closing date for comments on the new fee schedule is April 25.
>Reply comments are due by May 5.
>
>"We estimate that 9800 applicants will apply for vanity call signs
>in FY2003," the FCC said in its NPRM. That's up by 800 from FY2002.
>It expects to collect revenues of nearly $160,000, an increase of
>almost $30,000 from FY2002.
>
>The FCC NPRM also seeks comments on its efforts to review,
>streamline and modernize its fee assessment and collection processes
>and procedures. "We welcome comments on a broad range of options in
>this regard," the FCC said. Areas of particular interest include
>suggestions for improvement in the agency's electronic payment
>system.
>
>Interested parties may comment via the FCC's Electronic Comment
>Filing System (ECFS) on the web at, http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/.
>Enter "MD 03-83" in the "Proceeding" field.  Electronic comments by
>e-mail also are welcome.
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