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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> outlook_273c50573c634efe@outlook.com [mailto:outlook_273c50573c634efe@outlook.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ron Wright<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 23, 2015 9:56<br><b>To:</b> TARC group; CARS group<br><b>Subject:</b> [TARC] FCC does away with vanity call fee<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>See at ARRL: <a href="http://www.arrl.org/news/view/fcc-eliminates-amateur-radio-vanity-call-sign-regulatory-fee">http://www.arrl.org/news/view/fcc-eliminates-amateur-radio-vanity-call-sign-regulatory-fee</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>FCC Eliminates Amateur Radio Vanity Call Sign Regulatory Fee<o:p></o:p></span></h2><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=date><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>05/22/2015</span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> The FCC is eliminating the regulatory fee to apply for an Amateur Radio vanity call sign. The change will not go into effect, however, until required congressional notice has been given. This will take at least 90 days. As the Commission explained in a <i>Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Report and Order, and Order</i> (<a href="http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0521/FCC-15-59A1.pdf"><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>MD Docket 14-92</span></strong></a> and others), released May 21, it’s a matter of simple economics.<br><br><br>“The Commission spends more resources on processing the regulatory fees and issuing refunds than the amount of the regulatory fee payment,” the FCC said. “As our costs now exceed the regulatory fee, we are eliminating this regulatory fee category.” The current vanity call sign regulatory fee is $21.40, the highest in several years. The FCC reported there were 11,500 “payment units” in FY 2014 and estimated that it would collect nearly $246,100.<br><br>73, ron, n9ee/r a know code Extra<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Ron Wright, N9EE/R<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>BSEE<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Micro Computer Concepts<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>352-683-4476<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:mccrpt@tampabay.rr.com">mccrpt@tampabay.rr.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Clubhouse open every Monday evening at 7:30 PM<br>General membership meeting on the first Monday of the month<br>Program nights on the third Monday of the month<br>--<br>To subscribe or unsubscribe from this group, visit <br><a href="http://hamclub.org/wp/?page_id=139">http://hamclub.org/wp/?page_id=139</a><br>--<br>Visit our website at <a href="http://www.hamclub.org">http://www.hamclub.org</a><br>You can now join or renew your membership online<br>--- <br>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Tampa Amateur Radio Club" group.<br>To post to this group, send email to <a href="mailto:tarc@hamclub.org">tarc@hamclub.org</a>.<br>Visit this group at <a href="http://groups.google.com/a/hamclub.org/group/tarc/">http://groups.google.com/a/hamclub.org/group/tarc/</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to <a href="mailto:tarc+unsubscribe@hamclub.org">tarc+unsubscribe@hamclub.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>