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- Contacting FCC is something that should be seldom required.
- When there are times, however, where contacting the FCC
- is necessary, such as verifying if a license application
- has been processed (after 10 weeks from the test date),
- there are means for you to reach the FCC.
-
-
- CHECKING ON LICENSE APPLICATION PROCESSING
-
- If ten (10) weeks have gone by since the date of the test session,
- you are able to contact the FCC to verify whether or not a license has
- been issued. The FCC's Licensing Facility (Special Services Branch)
- can be written at:
-
- Federal Communications Commission
- 1270 Fairfield Rd
- Gettysburg PA 17325-7245
-
- More often, however, most people prefer to call or fax their licensing
- inquiries to FCC. They may be reached by telephone as follows:
-
- Voice 717-337-1212 (specify your inquiry to Amateur Radio Licensing)
- Fax 717-337-1541
-
- If you call to speak with an FCC representative, please be prepared to
- provide your name, address and current call sign (if any). If the
- response you receive from FCC personnel (before ten (10) weeks have
- gone by) is that, "We have no record of that application", don't be
- surprised. Entering an application into their computer is the LAST
- STEP. Two days after it is entered, it is then printed and mailed to you.
-
- Application processing at the FCC takes from six-to-eight weeks, and adding
- VE Team and VEC processing requirements can add up to two weeks more.
-
- If, at ten (10) weeks, the FCC has no record of the application, and if you
- have had no other pending applications and your application was
- complete (including having provided the VE Team with the correct, current
- license copy at the test session), then feel free to contact the local VE
- Team or the coordinating VEC (as indicated on your Certificate of
- Successful Completion of Examination - CSCE) for assistance. If you
- have moved, license forwarding may have not occurred through the postal
- system. ONLY after 90 days from the submission date will the FCC allow
- a replacement application to be submitted--if the first application has
- been determined to be lost.
-
- See the coordinating VECs listing below...
-
-
-
- FCC RULEMAKING ACTIONS or RULES VIOLATIONS MATTERS
-
- Whenever possible, you are encouraged to not contact the FCC first.
- Local ARRL Section Managers and even ARRL HQ should be consulted
- whenever, and before, it seems necessary to contact the FCC
- in Washington, DC.
-
- Nevertheless, sometimes reaching the FCC may be required. Replies
- to FCC Rulemakings, and requests for input, are good examples.
-
- To contact the FCC in Washington, you should do so in writing. The
- following address should be used:
-
- Federal Communications Commission
- Personal Radio Branch
- Washington, DC 20554
-
- Be sure that your correspondence clearly identifies how the FCC may
- reach you for further information, and that the matter you are addressing
- is understandable and accurate. Be sure to provide the FCC with all
- factual information pertinent to the matter.
-
-
-
-
- The list of coordinating VECs follows:
-
-
- For further information on examinations, you may
- contact any of the following coordinating VECs.
-
- ARRL/VEC, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111; (d) 203-666-1541
- Test fee for 1992 is $5.40.
-
- Anchorage ARC, 2628 Turnagain Parkway, Anchorage, AK 99517;
- (d) 907-786-8121, (n) 907-243-2221 (or) 907-276-5121
- (or) 907-274-5546
-
- Central Alabama VEC, 1215 Dale Dr SE, Huntsville, AL 35801;
- 205-536-3904
-
- Charlotte VEC, 227 Bennett Ln, Charlotte, NC 28213;
- 704-596-2168
-
- Great Lakes ARC VEC Inc., PO Box 273, Glenview, IL 60025;
- 708-486-8019
-
- Golden Empire ARS, PO Box 508, Chico, CA 95927; No phone.
- Test fee for 1992 is $4.00.
-
- Greater Los Angeles ARG, 9737 Noble Ave, Sepulveda, CA 91343;
- 818-892-2068, 805-822-1473. Test fee for 1992 is $3.00.
-
- Jefferson ARC, PO Box 73665, Metairie, LA 70033; No phone
-
- Koolau ARC, 45-529 Nakuluai St, Kaneohe, HI 96744;
- 808-235-4132
-
- Laurel ARC Inc., PO Box 3039, Laurel, MD 20709-0039;
- (d) 301-572-5124, 301-434-6087, (n) 301-588-3924
-
- The Milwaukee RAC Inc., 1737 N 116th St, Wauwatosa, WI 53226;
- 414-774-6999
-
- Mountain ARC, PO Box 234, Cumberland, MD 21502; 304-289-3576
-
- PHD ARA Inc., PO Box 11, Liberty, MO 64068; 816-781-7313
-
- Sandarc-VEC, PO Box 2446, La Mesa, CA 92044; 619-465-3926
-
- Sunnyvale VEC ARC, PO Box 60142, Sunnyvale, CA 94088-0142;
- 408-255-9000
-
- Triad Emergency ARC, 3504 Stonehurst Pl, High Point, NC 27260;
- 919-841-7576
-
- Western Carolinas ARS VEC, 5833 Clinton Hwy - Suite 203,
- Knoxville, TN 37912-2545; 615-688-7771. Test fee for 1992 is $5.40.
-
- W5YI-VEC, PO Box 565101, Dallas, TX 75356-5101; 817-461-6443
- Test fee for 1992 is $5.40.
-