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ARLB055 Special call signs
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ARRL Bulletin 55  ARLB055
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  May 13, 1993
To all radio amateurs

The FCC has amended its amateur service rules to provide for
volunteer organizations to administer a system designed to provide
special call signs to club and military recreation stations.  This
action was authorized by the Telecommunications Authorization Act of
1992.  Organizations selected for the new system will be known as
"Club and Military Recreation Station Call Sign Administrators."

An administrator must enter into a written agreement with the FCC
and public notices will be issued listing the administrators.  To be
an administrator, the oranization must exist for the purpose of
furthering the amateur service.  Its membership must include at
least one percent of the amateur operators licensed by the FCC, and
it must be capable of serving as an administrator in all places
where the amateur service is regulated by the FCC.

An administrator must agree to accept and process all
properly-completed license application forms from the trustees of
club stations and from the custodians of military recreation
stations without regard to race, sex, religion, national origin or
membership (or lack thereof) in any amateur service organization.
The organization cannot charge a fee or accept any form of
reimbursement for services provided as an administrator.

Within 10 days of receiving an application, an administrator must
provide the FCC's licensing facility at Gettysburg, Pa., with the
actual license document, including the call sign.  The document must
be ready for endorsement and mailing.

Each administrator will be assigned initially a block of call signs
having a two-letter prefix from the NA-NZ "by three" series.  An
example of a block would be NA1AAA through NA0ZZZ.  There are 26
possible blocks.  The administrator must issue public announcements
detailing the policies and procedures of its call sign system.

Dates for accepting applications from potential administrators have
not yet been announced.
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