FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554
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AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE
New License
Modification of License
License Renewals
Change of Address
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Applications for renewal may be submitted no more
than 90 days prior to expiration.
The grace period for amateur licenses is two
years.
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* MANUAL FILING
FCC Form 605 - Quick-Form Application for
Authorization in the Ship, Aircraft, Amateur,
Restricted and Commercial Operator, and
the General Mobile Radio Service. (July 99 edition
or later)
If you wish to file by mail, application forms can be obtained from the FCC's web site at
http://www.fcc.gov/formpage.html
or by calling the FCC's Form Distribution
Center at 1-800-418-3676 or from the Fax-On-Demand
service by dailing 1-202-418-0177 from your telephone.
Use Main Form and Schedule D. Schedule D, Part
1 is used to apply for a callsign change or to apply for a vanity
call.
Include Schedule D with the Main Form.
* FOR RENEWALS/MODLIFICATIONS or MODIFICATION:
Schedule D, Part 1,
Question 1 must be answered
with the appropriate answer and included with the Main Form.
Manual Filing - Mail completed FCC Form 605 to:
Federal Communications Commission
1270 Fairfield Road
Gettysburg, PA 17325-7245
* ELECTRONIC FILING (Universal Licensing System):
If applicant does not wish to use own Taxpayer
Identification Number (TIN) when filing, applicant will be required
to contact the FCC's Technical Support
Help Desk (202.414.1250) for a self-issued TIN number.
CLUB, RECREATION STATION and RACES Licenses:
NOTE: Effective January 22, 2001, the FCC
will accept applications for new, modification of, or renewal
of amateur service club and military
recreation station licenses only from a CSCSA.
A CSCSA (Club Station Call Sign Administrator)
is an amateur radio organization that has tax-exempt status
under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 and that has agreed to provide
voluntary, uncompensated and unreimbursed
services for processing applications for club, military recreation
and RACES station licenses.
To obtain a new amateur service club station
or military recreation station license, to modify or renew an
amateur service club station or military
recreation station license, or to modify a RACES station
license, you must file your application
document with one the CSCS As listed below. Contact the
administrator of your choice for information
on their filing requirements.
American Radio Relay League, Inc
225 Main Street
Newington, CT 06111
Contact: Wayne Irwin (860) 594-0200
http://www.arrl.org
[email protected]
W4VEC Volunteer Examiners Club of America
3504 Stonehurst Place
High Point, NC 27265
Contact: Jim Williamson (336) 841-7576
http://www.w4evc.com
[email protected]
W5YI-VEC
P O Box 565101
Dallas, TX 75356-5101
Contact: Larry Pollock (817) 461-6443
http://www.w5yi.org
[email protected]