Post by Renae/k9do on Jan 27, 2007 15:58:56 GMT
NEW VANITY CALL SIGN PROCESSING HIATUS CONTINUES
The hold on processing new Amateur Radio vanity call sign applications
remained in effect at week's end, although FCC Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau staff members have indicated informally that it would end very soon.
The Commission stopped processing new vanity call sign applications while it
modifies the software that handles vanity applications. The suspension,
which does not affect vanity call sign renewals, resulted from a new Amateur
Radio Service rule that went into effect December 15 to discourage the
filing of multiple applications by one individual for the same call sign on
the same receipt day.
"The Commission continues to accept vanity call sign applications," a brief
announcement on the FCC's Universal Licensing System (ULS) Web page says.
"However, these applications will not be processed until software changes in
accordance with the recent rule making have been fully implemented."
The FCC granted the last Amateur Radio vanity call signs on January 4 for
applications received December 15. The current suspension affects new vanity
call sign applications submitted on December 18 or later. Once processing of
new vanity applications resumes, the FCC says, it will process all
applications in the queue in the order in which they were received.
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's "omnibus" Report and Order (R&O) in WT Docket 04-140 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. The FCC will dismiss any
subsequent vanity call sign applications from the same applicant on the same
receipt date. The FCC put new vanity call sign processing on hold after an
applicant unwittingly submitted 30 applications for the same call sign three
days after the new rule became effective.
The current vanity call sign fee, payable for new applications as well as
renewals, is $20.80 for the 10-year license term.
The hold on processing new Amateur Radio vanity call sign applications
remained in effect at week's end, although FCC Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau staff members have indicated informally that it would end very soon.
The Commission stopped processing new vanity call sign applications while it
modifies the software that handles vanity applications. The suspension,
which does not affect vanity call sign renewals, resulted from a new Amateur
Radio Service rule that went into effect December 15 to discourage the
filing of multiple applications by one individual for the same call sign on
the same receipt day.
"The Commission continues to accept vanity call sign applications," a brief
announcement on the FCC's Universal Licensing System (ULS) Web page says.
"However, these applications will not be processed until software changes in
accordance with the recent rule making have been fully implemented."
The FCC granted the last Amateur Radio vanity call signs on January 4 for
applications received December 15. The current suspension affects new vanity
call sign applications submitted on December 18 or later. Once processing of
new vanity applications resumes, the FCC says, it will process all
applications in the queue in the order in which they were received.
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's "omnibus" Report and Order (R&O) in WT Docket 04-140 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. The FCC will dismiss any
subsequent vanity call sign applications from the same applicant on the same
receipt date. The FCC put new vanity call sign processing on hold after an
applicant unwittingly submitted 30 applications for the same call sign three
days after the new rule became effective.
The current vanity call sign fee, payable for new applications as well as
renewals, is $20.80 for the 10-year license term.