[South Florida DX Association] ARLB003 FCC suspends vanity call sign processing

[Bill Marx]

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> QST de W1AW
> ARRL Bulletin 3  ARLB003
> From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT  January 12, 2007
> To all radio amateurs
>
> SB QST ARL ARLB003
> ARLB003 FCC suspends vanity call sign processing
>
> The FCC has put new Amateur Radio vanity call sign processing on
> hold while it modifies the software that handles vanity
> applications. The suspension is a result of a rule change that went
> into effect December 15 to discourage the filing of multiple
> applications by one individual for the same call sign. The FCC is
> still processing vanity call sign renewal applications.
>
> "The Commission continues to accept vanity call sign applications,"
> says a brief announcement on the FCC's Universal Licensing System
> (ULS) Web page, http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls/. "However, these
> applications will not be processed until software changes in
> accordance with the recent rule making have been fully implemented."
> Just when that might happen is not known.
>
> As revised in the FCC's recent Report and Order (R&O) in WT Docket
> 04-140, §97.19(d)(1) stipulates that if the FCC receives more
> than one application requesting a vanity call sign from a single
> applicant on the same receipt day, it will process only the first
> application entered into the ULS. "Subsequent vanity call sign
> applications from that applicant with the same receipt date will not
> be accepted," the rule concludes.
>
> The FCC says that when it resumes processing new vanity
> applications, it will handle pending applications "consistent with
> the date order in which they were received."
>
> This suspension affects new vanity call sign applications submitted
> on December 18 or later. Typically, it takes 18 days from the time
> the FCC receives a vanity application until the call sign is issued
> -- or the application is denied. The FCC granted the last new
> Amateur Radio vanity call signs on January 4 for applications
> received December 15.
>
> All vanity call sign renewal applications, including those for club
> stations, must be filed via the ULS. The current vanity call sign
> fee, payable for new applications as well as renewals, is $20.80 for
> the 10-year license term.
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