[BCVHFA] Vanity Call Sign Fees to Increase

[Carl Morgan]

ARLB028 Vanity Call Sign Fees to Increase September 10

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ARRL Bulletin 28  ARLB028
 From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  August 11, 2009
To all radio amateurs

On August 11, the FCC announced that the cost of an Amateur Radio 
vanity call sign will increase $1.10, from $12.30 to $13.40.

Now that notice of the increase has been published in the Federal 
Register, the increase will take effect in 30 days, September 10, 2009.

The FCC is authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended, 
to collect vanity call sign fees to recover the costs associated with 
that program. The vanity call sign regulatory fee is payable not only 
when applying for a new vanity call sign, but also upon renewing a 
vanity call sign for a new 10 year term.

The notice in the August 11, 2009 Federal Register, entitled 
"Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2009," 
includes regulatory fees.  These fees are expected to recover a total 
of $341,875,000 during FY2009, encompassing all the Services the FCC regulates.

For more information, see the recent ARRLWeb article, "FCC Looks to 
Raise Vanity Call Sign Fees for Second Consecutive Year" at,
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/05/18/10825/?nc=1 .
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