[SADXA] Fwd: ARLB010 New Amateur Radio License Applications Fee To Become Effective April 19, 2022

[Alan Komenski]

For those of you who might not be members of the ARRL, below is information relating to the new FCC fee structure for new and renewed licenses.

Alan - AC2K 

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> From: ARRL Web site <memberlist at arrl.org>
> Date: March 25, 2022 at 9:14:16 AM MST
> To: akomenski at comcast.net
> Subject: ARLB010 New Amateur Radio License Applications Fee To Become Effective April 19, 2022
> 
> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB010
> ARLB010 New Amateur Radio License Applications Fee To Become
> Effective April 19, 2022
> 
> ZCZC AG10
> QST de W1AW  
> ARRL Bulletin 10  ARLB010
> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  March 25, 2022
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB010
> ARLB010 New Amateur Radio License Applications Fee To Become
> Effective April 19, 2022
> 
> A Public Notice released by the Federal Communications Commission
> (FCC) on March 23, 2022, in MD Docket No. 20-270, announced that new
> application fees for Wireless Telecommunications Bureau applications
> will become effective on April 19, 2022. The new fees, mandated by
> Congress, apply to applications for Amateur Radio licenses including
> those associated with filing Form 605, the Amateur Operator/Primary
> Station Licensee Application.
> 
> The docket can be found online at,
> https://www.fcc.gov/document/effective-date-wireless-application-fee-rates
> .
> 
> Effective April 19, 2022, a $35 fee will apply to applications for a
> new Amateur Radio license, modification (upgrade and sequential call
> sign change), renewal, and vanity call signs.
> 
> Anticipating the implementation of the fee in 2022, the ARRL Board
> of Directors, at its July 2021 meeting, approved the "ARRL Youth
> Licensing Grant Program." Under the program, ARRL will cover a
> one-time $35 application fee for license candidates younger than 18
> years old for tests administered under the auspices of the ARRL
> Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (ARRL VEC). Qualified candidates also
> would pay a reduced exam session fee of $5 to the ARRL VEC. ARRL is
> finalizing details for administering the program.
> 
> ARRL had filed comments in opposition to imposing a fee on Amateur
> Radio license applications. The FCC initially proposed a higher, $50
> fee. In a Report and Order (R&O), released on December 29, 2020, the
> amount was reduced -- the FCC agreeing with ARRL and other
> commenters that its proposed $50 fee for certain amateur radio
> applications was "too high to account for the minimal staff
> involvement in these applications."
> 
> ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (ARRL VEC) Manager Maria Somma,
> AB1FM, explained that all fees are per application. "There will be
> no fee for administrative updates, such as a change of mailing or
> email address. The fees will be the responsibility of the applicant
> regardless of filing method and must be paid within 10 calendar days
> of FCC's receipt of the application. For applications filed by a
> VEC, the period does not begin until the application is received by
> the Commission, a ULS file number assigned, and an email sent by the
> FCC directly to the applicant."
> 
> VECs and Volunteer Examiner (VE) teams will not collect the $35 fee
> at license exam sessions. New and upgrade candidates at an exam
> session will continue to pay the $15 exam session fee to the ARRL VE
> team as usual, and pay the new, $35 application fee directly to the
> FCC by using the CORES FRN Registration system (CORES - Login).
> 
> The CORES Login can be found at,
> https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/userLogin.do .
> 
> When the FCC receives the examination information from the VEC, it
> will email a link with payment instructions to each successful
> candidate who then will have 10 calendar days from the date of the
> email to pay. After the fee is paid and the FCC has processed an
> application, examinees will receive a second email from the FCC with
> a link to their official license or explanation of other action. The
> link will be good for 30 days.
> 
> Somma also explained that applications that are processed and
> dismissed will not be entitled to a refund. This includes vanity
> call sign requests where the applicant does not receive the
> requested call sign. "The FCC staff has suggested that applicants
> for vanity call signs should first ensure the call signs requested
> are available and eligible for their operator class and area, and
> then request as many call signs as the form allows to maximize their
> chances of receiving a call sign."
> 
> Further information and instructions about the FCC Application Fee
> are available from the ARRL VEC at www.arrl.org/fcc-application-fee.
> Details for the ARRL Youth Licensing Grant Program will be similarly
> posted there, when available.
> NNNN
> /EX