[WIARC] aaargh.

[jim funk]

Just what we needed.

>From the ARRL letter:

* FCC converting ATINs to FRNs: Acronym alert! Acronym alert! Everyone to
get from street! (with apologies to the old movie, The Russians are Coming,
the Russians are Coming!) The FCC is completing the conversion of Assigned
Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ATINs) to Commission Registration System
(CORES) FCC Registration Numbers (FRNs). ATINs were issued to amateur
applicants--to clubs and to non-US citizens--who did not qualify for a
Social Security Number, so they could register for the FCC's Universal
Licensing System (ULS). The FCC issued most ATINS, but some were issued by a
Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (VEC) or Club Station Call Sign Administrator
(CSCSA). An FCC spokesperson said all ATINs should be converted to FRNs by
mid-February. The FCC has discontinued the use of ATINs, since the CORES
registration process provides an exception for club stations and
non-citizens to obtain an FRN. The FRN then may be used to access the ULS,
which incorporates the Amateur Service licensing database (among other
services).

Is that all perfectly clear?

Jim