Re: ARLB016 New Amateur Radio Vanity Call Sign Fee Set at $21.40
  By: mark lewis to all on Thu Sep 04 2014 08:27 pm

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 > SB QST @ ARL $ARLB016
 > ARLB016 New Amateur Radio Vanity Call Sign Fee Set at $21.40
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 > ZCZC AG16
 > QST de W1AW
 > ARRL Bulletin 16  ARLB016
 > > From ARRL Headquarters
 > Newington CT  September 4, 2014
 > To all radio amateurs
 > 
 > SB QST ARL ARLB016
 > ARLB016 New Amateur Radio Vanity Call Sign Fee Set at $21.40
 > 
 > The FCC has adjusted very slightly downward - to $21.40 - its
 > proposed Amateur Service vanity call sign regulatory fee for Fiscal
 > Year 2014. In a June Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), the
 > Commission said it was planning to hike the current $16.10 vanity
 > fee to $21.60 for the 10-year license term. The FCC released a
 > Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (R&O) in
 > the proceeding on August 29, in which it recalculated the fee to
 > $21.40 for the 10-year license term. The $5.30 increase still
 > represents the largest vanity fee hike in many years.
 > 
 > The new $21.40 fee does not go into effect until 30 days after the
 > R&O is published in The Federal Register.
 > 
 > In the R&O, the FCC said it considered eliminating the regulatory
 > fee for Amateur Radio vanity call sign applications but decided not
 > to do so "at this time," because it lacks "adequate support to
 > determine whether the cost of recovery and burden on small entities
 > outweighs the collected revenue; or whether eliminating the fee
 > would adversely affect the licensing process." The Commission said
 > it would reevaluate this issue in the future to determine if it
 > should eliminate other fee categories.
 > 
 > The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau sets the vanity call
 > sign regulatory fee using projections of new applications and
 > renewals, taking into consideration existing Commission licensee
 > databases, such as the Universal Licensing System (ULS) database.
 > 
 > The FCC reported there were 11,500 "payment units" in FY 2014. The
 > Commission said the vanity program generated an estimated $230,230
 > in FY 2013 revenue, and it estimated that it would collect nearly
 > $246,100 in FY 2014.
 > 
 > The vanity call sign regulatory fee is payable when applying for a
 > new vanity call sign or when renewing a vanity call sign, although
 > some older vanity call signs are not subject to the regulatory fee.
 > NNNN
 > /EX
 > 
 > 
 > )\/(ark
 > 
 > If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until
 > you hire an amateur.
 > 

Its about time they lowered something.

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