[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR97.21]



[Page 575-576]

 

                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 97_AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec. 97.21  Application for a modified or renewed license grant.



    (a) A person holding a valid amateur station license grant:

    (1) Must apply to the FCC for a modification of the license grant as 

necessary to show the correct mailing address, licensee name, club name, 

license trustee name or license custodian name in accordance with Sec. 

1.913 of this chapter. For a club, military recreation or RACES station 

license grant, it must be presented in document form to a Club Station 

Call Sign Administrator who must submit the information thereon to the 

FCC in an electronic batch file. The Club Station Call Sign 

Administrator must retain the collected information for at least 15 

months and make it available to the FCC upon request.



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    (2) May apply to the FCC for a modification of the operator/primary 

station license grant to show a higher operator class. Applicants must 

present the administering VEs with all information required by the rules 

prior to the examination. The VEs may collect all necessary information 

in any manner of their choosing, including creating their own forms.

    (3) May apply to the FCC for renewal of the license grant for 

another term in accordance with Sec. 1.913 of this chapter. Application 

for renewal of a Technician Plus Class operator/primary station license 

will be processed as an application for renewal of a Technician Class 

operator/primary station license.

    (i) For a station license grant showing a call sign obtained through 

the vanity call sign system, the application must be filed in accordance 

with Sec. 97.19 of this Part in order to have the vanity call sign 

reassigned to the station.

    (ii) For a primary station license grant showing a call sign 

obtained through the sequential call sign system, and for a primary 

station license grant showing a call sign obtained through the vanity 

call sign system but whose grantee does not want to have the vanity call 

sign reassigned to the station, the application must be filed with the 

FCC in accordance with Sec. 1.913 of this chapter. When the application 

has been received by the FCC on or before the license expiration date, 

the license operating authority is continued until the final disposition 

of the application.

    (iii) For a club station or military recreation station license 

grant showing a call sign obtained through the sequential call sign 

system, and for a club or military recreation station license grant 

showing a call sign obtained through the vanity call sign system but 

whose grantee does not want to have the vanity call sign reassigned to 

the station, the application must be presented in document form to a 

Club Station Call Sign Administrator who must submit the information 

thereon to the FCC in an electronic batch file. The Club Station Call 

Sign Administrator must retain the collected information for at least 15 

months and make it available to the FCC upon request. RACES station 

license grants will not be renewed.

    (b) A person whose amateur station license grant has expired may 

apply to the FCC for renewal of the license grant for another term 

during a 2 year filing grace period. The application must be received at 

the address specified above prior to the end of the grace period. Unless 

and until the license grant is renewed, no privileges in this Part are 

conferred.

    (c) A call sign obtained under the sequential or vanity call sign 

system will be reassigned to the station upon renewal or modification of 

a station license.



[63 FR 68979, Dec. 14, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 53242, Oct. 1, 1999; 65 

FR 6550, Feb. 10, 2000]