Post by Renae/k9do on Jan 14, 2007 14:20:17 GMT
We got lucky we applied on December 14th and our call signs were effective January 4th. we were in the last batch to be processed!
FCC Suspends Vanity Call Sign Processing
NEWINGTON, CT, Jan 12, 2007 -- The 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. "However, these applications will not be processed until software changes in accordance with the recent rule making have been fully implemented." Just when that might happen is not known.
As revised in the FCC's recent Report and Order (R&O) in WT Docket 04-140, ยง97.19(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 processing is resumed, it will process all pending applications for new vanity call signs "consistent with the date order in which they were received."
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 Amateur Radio vanity call signs on January 4 for applications received December 15.
The FCC adopted the "omnibus" R&O in WT Docket 04-140 in October, and it was published in The Federal Register the following month. Nonetheless, it was only after an applicant unwittingly submitted 30 applications for the same call sign three days after the new rule became effective that the FCC halted vanity processing.
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.
FCC Suspends Vanity Call Sign Processing
NEWINGTON, CT, Jan 12, 2007 -- The 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. "However, these applications will not be processed until software changes in accordance with the recent rule making have been fully implemented." Just when that might happen is not known.
As revised in the FCC's recent Report and Order (R&O) in WT Docket 04-140, ยง97.19(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 processing is resumed, it will process all pending applications for new vanity call signs "consistent with the date order in which they were received."
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 Amateur Radio vanity call signs on January 4 for applications received December 15.
The FCC adopted the "omnibus" R&O in WT Docket 04-140 in October, and it was published in The Federal Register the following month. Nonetheless, it was only after an applicant unwittingly submitted 30 applications for the same call sign three days after the new rule became effective that the FCC halted vanity processing.
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.