DaveInDenver
Rising Sun Ham Guru
Got a notice from the ARRL regarding comment period being open on an FCC proposed rule change. This is in response to one small part of the RAY BAUM Act passed a couple of years ago.
I'm still digesting what is being proposed and how it affects our uses. For example amateur radio might be charged a $50 renewal fee, GMRS fee might go down to $50 and I'm unsure if FRS or CB will require a license (originally you had to get a license for CB, much like GMRS now).
The linked FCC document mentions the personal license is per call sign. At this point I think that means if you have ham and GMRS call signs you will pay $100 total renewal. If that's true one comment I'm considering is to make a combination license of the two or to somehow make the personal license per ULS entity.
/------ Original ARRL message ------/
SB QST @ ARL $ARLB021
ARLB021 FCC Application Fee Proposal Proceeding is Open for Comments
ZCZC AG21
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 21 ARLB021
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT September 3, 2020
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB021
ARLB021 FCC Application Fee Proposal Proceeding is Open for Comments
Comments are being accepted on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(NPRM) in MD Docket 20-270, which proposes application fees for
radio amateurs. Formal deadlines for comments and reply comments
will be determined once the NPRM appears in the Federal Register.
Comments may be filed now, however, by using the FCC's Electronic
Comment Filing System (ECFS), located at,
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings , and posting to MD Docket No.
20-270. The docket is already open for accepting comments, even
though deadlines have not yet been set.
The NPRM can be found online in PDF format at,
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-20-116A1.pdf .
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/EX
/------ Original ARRL message ------/
I'm still digesting what is being proposed and how it affects our uses. For example amateur radio might be charged a $50 renewal fee, GMRS fee might go down to $50 and I'm unsure if FRS or CB will require a license (originally you had to get a license for CB, much like GMRS now).
The linked FCC document mentions the personal license is per call sign. At this point I think that means if you have ham and GMRS call signs you will pay $100 total renewal. If that's true one comment I'm considering is to make a combination license of the two or to somehow make the personal license per ULS entity.
/------ Original ARRL message ------/
SB QST @ ARL $ARLB021
ARLB021 FCC Application Fee Proposal Proceeding is Open for Comments
ZCZC AG21
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 21 ARLB021
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT September 3, 2020
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB021
ARLB021 FCC Application Fee Proposal Proceeding is Open for Comments
Comments are being accepted on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(NPRM) in MD Docket 20-270, which proposes application fees for
radio amateurs. Formal deadlines for comments and reply comments
will be determined once the NPRM appears in the Federal Register.
Comments may be filed now, however, by using the FCC's Electronic
Comment Filing System (ECFS), located at,
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings , and posting to MD Docket No.
20-270. The docket is already open for accepting comments, even
though deadlines have not yet been set.
The NPRM can be found online in PDF format at,
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-20-116A1.pdf .
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/EX
/------ Original ARRL message ------/
