[PPRAANet] Ham Radio Application Fees

[Dennis N0ABC]

As a follow-up to that, I should point out a couple of things....

If you are, or will be, within the 90-day window before license 
expiration prior to April 19th, you should by all means renew before the 
19th to avoid that pesky fee.

If you were thinking of applying for a vanity call sign, you should do 
that prior to March 31st. The reason for this is that it takes the FCC 
18 days to process those applications to allow for adjudication of all 
other applicable applications for the same call sign. And the 
determination, of whether a fee is required or not, is probably made on 
day 18. So, if you applied on April 1st, your application grant would 
probably be dated the 19th and require the fee. Maybe. Who knows. The 
FCC works in mysterious ways.

If you have trouble with that application fee, try considering that it 
can be amortized over up to 10 years at $3.50 per year! ;)

Dennis

On 3/24/2022 7:14 PM, Dennis N0ABC wrote:
> Yes, it is true. The application fees ($35.00) go into effect on April 
> 19th. Of this year.
>
> The FCC had promised to give at least 90 days notice (starting with 
> being published in the Federal Register), but that didn't happen.
>
> The $35 application fee, when it becomes effective on April 19, will 
> apply to new, modification (upgrade and sequential call sign change), 
> renewal, and vanity call sign applications. The fee will be per 
> application.
>
> Administrative updates, such as a change of name, mailing or email 
> address, will be exempt from fees.
>
> Our next session is April 9th, so if you are hoping to save $35 on 
> your next upgrade, that would be a good time to go for it.
>
>