[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR97.21]

[Page 592]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 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.
    (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]