[PPRAANet] FCC "Paperless" Amateur Radio License Policy

[Wes Wilson KØHBZ]

FCC “Paperless” Amateur Radio License Policy Goes into Effect on February 17

http://tinyurl.com/ppocdc7

Starting February 17, the FCC no longer will routinely issue paper license
documents to Amateur Radio applicants and licensees. The Commission has
maintained for some time now that the official Amateur Radio license
authorization is the electronic record that exists in its Universal
Licensing System (ULS), although the FCC has continued to print and mail
hard copy licenses. In mid-December the FCC adopted final procedures to
provide access to official electronic authorizations, as it had proposed in
WT Docket 14-161 as part of its “process reform” initiatives.

Under the new procedures, licensees will access their current official
authorization (“Active” status only) via the ULS License Manager. The FCC
will continue to provide paper license documents to all licensees who notify
the Commission that they prefer to receive one. Licensees also will be able
to print out an official authorization — as well as an unofficial “reference
copy” — from the ULS License Manager.

73 Wes KØHBZ