ARRL Bulletin 37 ARLB037
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT August 31, 2001
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB037
ARLB037 Lower Amateur Radio Vanity Fee is
Effective September 10
The FCC says the fee for a new or renewed Amateur Radio
vanity call
sign will drop to $12 on September 10. Applications received on
or
after that date will be subject to the new fee. The current
vanity
call sign fee is $14.
The FCC proposed the lower fee last March in a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking for the Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees
for
FY 2001. The FCC has estimated that 8000 applicants will apply
for
vanity call signs in the current fiscal year.
Earlier this year, the FCC also put paper and electronic vanity
call
sign applications on an equal footing in terms of processing
priority. The FCC used to give priority to electronic
applications
for vanity call signs.
FCC rules stipulate refunds for applicants who inadvertently
overpay
a regulatory fee. Applicants who determine that they overpaid a
vanity fee may request a refund in writing. Requests seeking a
''Vanity Fee Overpayment Refund'' go to FCC, 1270 Fairfield Rd,
Gettysburg PA 17325-7245. Refund requests should indicate the
date
of application, the total fee paid, and the total refund owed.
For more information, visit the FCC Amateur Radio Web page,
http://www.fcc.gov/wtb/amateur/VanityCS.html
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