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The FCC regulatory fee to obtain a NEW Amateur Radio vanity call sign or to RENEW an Amateur Radio vanity call sign is $11.70.
Effective with applications received by the FCC on or after September 17, 2007 the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) says the fee will be $11.70 for the 10-year license term.
Amateurs requesting a New vanity call sign may file via the FCC Universal Licensing System (ULS). Amateurs Renewing a vanity call sign may file via the FCC Universal Licensing System (ULS) or through the ARRL VEC.
The VEC "Instructions for License Renewals or Changes" web pages contain complete information on license-filing procedures, including step-by-step instructions on how to renew or update a license using the ULS.
Amateur Radio licensees may file renewal applications no sooner than 90 days of their license expiration date. While the regulatory fee payment is required from licensees wishing to keep their current vanity call signs after renewal, vanity holders can opt to get a sequential call sign and avoid paying any FCC fee when they renew.
Amateur Radio licensees holding vanity call signs granted prior to 1996 do not have to pay a regulatory fee when renewing. This is because Congress did not begin requiring the FCC to annually recover its regulatory costs until 1993. The initial round of vanity grants under the current system occurred in 1996. Licensees who want to retain vanity call signs issued under the current (post-1995) system must pay the regulatory fee when renewing.
The ARRL VEC will process license renewals for vanity call sign holders for a modest fee (see "Processing Fee Schedule" below). The service is available to ARRL members and nonmembers, although League members pay less. Routine, non-vanity renewals continue to be free for ARRL members. Trustees of club stations with vanity call signs may renew either via the ULS or through a Club Station Call Sign Administrator, such as ARRL VEC.
League members should visit the "ARRL Member
Instructions for License Renewals or Changes" page. The
"Instructions for License
Renewals or Changes" page covers general renewal
procedures for nonmembers. There's additional information on the ARRL
VEC's "FCC
License Renewals and ARRL License Expiration Notices"
page.
| ARRL Processing Fee Schedule | |
| For ARRL Members: | |
| Non-Vanity License Renewal or Change | No charge |
| Vanity License Change (address, name) | No charge |
| Vanity License Renewal | $5 ARRL VEC processing fee plus the vanity call sign fee in effect at the time the FCC receives the application. |
| For Nonmembers: | |
| Non-Vanity License Renewal or Change | $14 ARRL VEC processing fee |
| Vanity License Change (address, name) | $14 ARRL VEC processing fee |
| Vanity License Renewal | $14 ARRL VEC processing fee plus the vanity call sign fee in effect at the time the FCC receives the application. |
| For Club Stations: | |
| Non-Vanity License Renewal or Change | No charge |
| Vanity License Change (address, name) | No charge |
| Vanity License Renewal | $5 ARRL VEC processing fee plus the vanity call sign fee in effect at the time the FCC receives the application. |
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Please Note: ARRL cannot process requests for New Vanity call signs.
They must be done directly with FCC |
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