Subj : Delta Division News
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Mar 22 2021 10:00 am
Greetings Delta Members and Amateurs.
Contrary to what you may have heard or read, the collection of
application fees for the amateur radio service and a number of other
services will NOT begin on April 19, 2021. I repeat, the collection of
application fees for the amateur radio service and a few other services
will NOT begin on April 19, 2021.
Although April 19, 2021 is the date the rules in the FCC Report and
Order adopted last December generally take effect, i.e., one month after
the FCC Report and Order (R&O) was published in the March 19, 2021
Federal Register. Certain parts of those rules, including the collection
of application fees for the amateur radio service, will NOT begin on
that date. Anything you may have heard on the April date is erroneous
information which was based on a tentative target date named in the R &
O, or at worst "fake news".
The effective date for new amateur radio fees has not yet been
established. The FCC explicitly states in the published Notice that the
fees will not take effect until:
* the requisite notice has been provided to Congress;
AND
* the FCC's information technology systems and internal
procedures have been updated;
AND
* the Commission publishes [FUTURE] notice(s) in the Federal
Register announcing the effective date of such rules.
None of the above are yet completed nor are they approved for release;
hence, we do not have a firm date on the collection of any amateur radio
licensing fees.
The League's counsel for FCC matters estimates that the effective
start date for collecting the fees will be some time this summer, but
regardless of the exact timing we will have advance notice.
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Upcoming events this weekend and 30-days out:
8th Sevier County 2021 Hamfest
03/27/2021
Location: Sevier County Fairgrounds & Exhibit Hall
754 Old Knoxville Hwy
Sevierville, TN 37862
Website:
http://seviercountyars.com
Sponsor: Sevier County Amateur Radio Society
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 146.94 - No Tone
Public Contact: Richard Sawaya , N4JTQ
2005 Spence Mountain Loop Sevierville, TN 37876
Phone: 606-207-7349
Email:
[email protected]
AJARC Hamfest 2021
04/17/2021
Location: Greene County Fair Grounds
123 Fairgrounds Cir
Greeneville, TN 37743
Website:
https://greenevillehamfest.com/
Sponsor: Andrew Johnson Amateur Radio Club
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 145.390 MHz-88.5 Tone, 443.200 MHZ-100 Tone
Public Contact: Lawrence Whiteside , KN4MVH
103 Blue Bell Street Greeneville, TN 37743
Phone: 810-240-1806
Email:
[email protected]
CU in Sevierville Saturday!
73
DE K5UZ WB4RHQ
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ARRL Delta Division
Director: David A Norris, K5UZ
[email protected]
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