[SADXA] No more paper Licenses from FCC

[Jerry Wothe]

      Bye-Bye Paper Ham License
      <http://cqnewsroom.blogspot.com/2015/02/bye-bye-paper-ham-license.html>



<http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ks9xEVfKypw/T8UnRCA22qI/AAAAAAAAAUw/dBfTKe8U57E/s1600/FCC%2BLogo%2B2.jpg>Waiting 
to receive your ham license in the mail is now a thing of the past, 
unless you have specifically requested it. As of February 17, the FCC 
stopped routinely issuing paper license documents to amateur licensees, 
noting that inclusion in the Commission's online database has for 
several years been the official record of a ham's authorization to operate.

Licensees may print out official copies - as well as unofficial 
"reference copies" - of their licenses via the FCC's Universal Licensing 
System (ULS) database, or may request the issuance of a paper document.

According to the /ARRL Letter/, the ARRL had asked that new licensees 
continue to receive paper licenses, along with instructions on how to 
set up their ULS accounts for future license renewals and upgrades. But 
the FCC declined, saying applicants or licensees who include e-mail 
addresses with their applications will receive an official electronic 
authorization via e-mail. The Commission says the change will save it 
over $300,000 a year.