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ARLB084 FCC licensing changes
 
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ARRL Bulletin 84  ARLB084
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  October 25, 1994
To all radio amateurs 
 
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ARLB084 FCC licensing changes
 
The FCC today released a 7-page Order amending its amateur rules,
effective December 20, 1994, to reflect what the Commission calls
''nonsubstantive procedural changes'':
 
1.  To permit electronically filed data from VECs (paper
applications also will still be accepted);
 
2.  To authorize operation as soon as the new license data appears
in the amateur service licensee data base, rather than (as now) when
the license document has been delivered (details of how the new
licensee can determine his call sign will be announced later);
 
3. To add a new rules section, ''Examinee Conduct,'' to emphasize that
an examinee must comply with the instructions given by the
administering VEs;
 
4. To treat ''Technician Plus'' as a license class;
 
5.  And to provide for a ''renewal short form'' which the FCC says
will be mailed to licensees in advance of their expiration date
beginning sometime in 1995.  The FCC added that renewal applications
would be accepted no more than 90 days before the expiration date.
 
Because of the nature of these rule amendments, there is no notice
or comment period required by federal law.  Again, these changes do
not take effect until December 20, 1994.
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