[SMCARA] FCC Announces Amateur Application Fee Requirements

[JD Delancy]

Ladies and Gents -

Here's some more information

a. This is what the Chairman of the Anchorage AK VEC has provided to the 
VE's as well as the Anchorage ARC membership:

https://kl7aa.org/more-details-of-new-amateur-application-fee-requirements-provided/


b. Here's what was put out in The ARRL Letter for March 24, 2022:

http://arrl.org/news/new-amateur-radio-license-applications-fee-to-become-effective-april-19-2022
<http://arrl.org/news/new-amateur-radio-license-applications-fee-to-become-effective-april-19-2022>

     jd

On 3/25/22 11:19, JD Delancy wrote:
> Ladies and Gents -
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> A Public Notice released by the Federal Communications Commission 
> (FCC) on March 23, 2022, in *MD Docket No. 20-270* 
> <https://www.fcc.gov/document/effective-date-wireless-application-fee-rates>, 
> announced that new application fees for Wireless Telecommunications 
> Bureau applications will become effective on April 19, 2022. The new 
> fees were mandated by Congress
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> The new $35 amateur radio license application fee will be required for 
> any applications (except for administrative updates) received by the 
> FCC on and after April 19, 2022
>
> Minor updates to your license, such as address, e-mail, telephone 
> number changes, name changes, etc.,are considered “AU” or 
> “Administrative Updates."The FCC stated that there will be no fees 
> required for these applications which are considered “AU” or 
> “Administrative Updates"
>
> If you are contemplating an upgrade or know folks who are considering 
> an initial licensing test, they should be encouraged to do so before 
> the 19th of April "while the price is right"
>
>      jd
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