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   
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    > 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   
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    >    
    > )\/(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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