[CW] OT: FCC License Fees Start Today!

[David J. J. Ring, Jr.]

>From ARRL Club News - April 19, 2022.

New License Fee Information

The new application fee structure for amateur radio licenses goes into 
effect on April 19, 2022. ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (VEC) 
Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, has addressed what this means and explained 
the new programs in an ARRL news article, at 
https://www.arrl.org/news/new-amateur-radio-license-applications-fee-to-become-effective-april-19-2022.

The FCC has clarified that the fees will not apply to license upgrades. 
You can find more information on this at 
https://www.arrl.org/news/new-fcc-application-fee-will-not-apply-to-amateur-radio-license-upgrades.

I was happy to see that local VE teams will not be collecting this new 
fee, and that the FCC will handle that entirely.

Stay tuned for more information on the ARRL Youth Licensing Grant 
Program. Under this program, ARRL will cover a one-time $35 application 
fee for license candidates younger than 18 years old to cover tests 
administered under the auspices of the ARRL VEC. Qualified candidates 
would also pay a reduced exam session fee of $5 to the ARRL VEC. ARRL is 
finalizing details for administering the program.

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N1EA