MRAC VEC, Inc.
Amateur Radio Examiners Volunteer Examiner Coordinator
Notice to All Amateur Radio Applicants
Information about how your FCC license information is made publicly available
You should be aware that, as an applicant for an FCC Amateur Radio License, some information about you will be made publicly available via the FCC's Universal Licensing System (ULS), specifically information you submit on the NCVEC 605 form will be published:
- Your name
- Your mailing address
- Your license call sign and license class
- Your FCC registration number
- Felony conviction status
- Various transaction dates, administrative review statuses, etc.
You can read more about the FCC Privacy Act information (https://www.fcc.gov/managing-director/privacy-transparency/privacy-act-information).
Social security numbers, phone numbers, and email addresses are never published.
If you do not want your home address to be public information when the new license is issued, an alternative address, such as a PO Box or work address, would be acceptable.
Fees
The FCC recently passed a new rule assessing fees for the following licenses:
New Amateur Radio License $35.00
Renewal of an Amateur Radio License $35.00
Vanity Call Sign $35.00
These fees are in addition to the $5.00 testing fee assessed by the MRAC VEC. The FCC has not notified the volunteer examiners of the effective date of this change.
Email Addresses Required Beginning June 29, 2021
The FCC also created a new law (section 97.23) requiring all amateur radio applicants to furnish an email address “where the grantee can receive electronic correspondence.” The law also states: “Revocation of the station license or suspension of the operator license may result when correspondence from the FCC is returned as undeliverable because the grantee failed to provide the correct email address.” This law goes into effect on June 29, 2021. Effective that date, all amateur radio operators must have an email address on file with the FCC. The only way to refrain from providing an email address on an application would be to submit a request to waive the new rule, providing justification for the request. (The FCC would not be obliged to grant such a request.) Licensees can log into the ULS License Manager System with their FRN and password at any time and update anything in their FCC license record, including adding an email address.
Amateur Radio Examiners Volunteer Examiner Coordinator
Notice to All Amateur Radio Applicants
Information about how your FCC license information is made publicly available
You should be aware that, as an applicant for an FCC Amateur Radio License, some information about you will be made publicly available via the FCC's Universal Licensing System (ULS), specifically information you submit on the NCVEC 605 form will be published:
- Your name
- Your mailing address
- Your license call sign and license class
- Your FCC registration number
- Felony conviction status
- Various transaction dates, administrative review statuses, etc.
You can read more about the FCC Privacy Act information (https://www.fcc.gov/managing-director/privacy-transparency/privacy-act-information).
Social security numbers, phone numbers, and email addresses are never published.
If you do not want your home address to be public information when the new license is issued, an alternative address, such as a PO Box or work address, would be acceptable.
Fees
The FCC recently passed a new rule assessing fees for the following licenses:
New Amateur Radio License $35.00
Renewal of an Amateur Radio License $35.00
Vanity Call Sign $35.00
These fees are in addition to the $5.00 testing fee assessed by the MRAC VEC. The FCC has not notified the volunteer examiners of the effective date of this change.
Email Addresses Required Beginning June 29, 2021
The FCC also created a new law (section 97.23) requiring all amateur radio applicants to furnish an email address “where the grantee can receive electronic correspondence.” The law also states: “Revocation of the station license or suspension of the operator license may result when correspondence from the FCC is returned as undeliverable because the grantee failed to provide the correct email address.” This law goes into effect on June 29, 2021. Effective that date, all amateur radio operators must have an email address on file with the FCC. The only way to refrain from providing an email address on an application would be to submit a request to waive the new rule, providing justification for the request. (The FCC would not be obliged to grant such a request.) Licensees can log into the ULS License Manager System with their FRN and password at any time and update anything in their FCC license record, including adding an email address.