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New amateur radio license fees going into effect April 19, 2022
Posted: 24 Mar 2022 12:23 PM PDT
https://www.kb6nu.com/new-amateur-radio-license-fees-going-into-effect-april-19-2022/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
The $35 licensing fee thats been talked about for more than a year now will finally be going into effect on April 19, 2022, according to Public Notice A-22-307A1, dated March 23, 2022. It says:
This Public Notice announces that the new application fee rates for the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, codified at 47 CFR § 1.1102, will
become effective on April 19, 2022. Wireless application fees can be paid through the Commission’s Universal Licensing System (ULS) at
https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/universal-licensing-system.
For further guidance regarding Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
application fees, please refer to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
Fee Filing Guide located at
https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/application-processing-fees.
For further information regarding this Public Notice, please contact Roland Helvajian, Program Analyst, Financial Operations, Office of the Managing Director,
Roland.Helvajian@fcc.gov.
I emailed Roland Helfajian and asked the following questions:
Will the Universal Licensing System have some kind of online form that licensees will use to pay the fee?
Will new licenses not go into effect until the licensee has paid the fee?
What if a licensee doesn’t have a credit card?
He replied:
Yes, there will be a form online in ULS similar to completing an
application. Generally, licensees have 10 days to pay a fee before their application is dismissed. If they do not have a credit card, they may have
a problem. As of right now, they can mail in a check and a hardcopy Form
159 to U.S. Bank in St. Louis, MO, but the Commission will be closing the Wireless Lockbox soon. I believe after the Lockbox is closed, all payments will need to be electronic.
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