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Ham radio vanity call sign processing suspendedThe 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." 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 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. Source: The American Radio Relay League
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