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ARLB097 Vanity call update
 
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ARRL Bulletin 97  ARLB097
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  December 16, 1994
To all radio amateurs 
 
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ARLB097 Vanity call update
 
The FCC authorization act that would have converted an annual
regulatory fee for Amateur Radio so-called ''vanity call signs''
to a one-time application fee failed to pass in the last session of
Congress. The bill, HR 4522, passed the House but failed in the
Senate, despite a concerted last-ditch effort by ARRL to have the
bill considered during the lame duck session December 1.
''Broadcasting and Cable'' magazine attributed the bill's defeat to
opposition (to unrelated provisions) by the National Association of
Broadcasters. The FCC now is expected to introduce a vanity call
sign program with a 70 dollar(s) fee, renewable every 10 years. More
information on this and other Washington matters will appear in
January ''QST.''
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