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    HAM RADIO NEWS

    Oct 01, 2019 4 minutes

    FCC Proposes Phasing Out Paper Applications

    he FCC has proposed requiring electronic submissions for all filings to the Universal Licensing System (ULS), including amateur radio license applications, modifications, etc. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in early September is part of a broader plan to eliminate paper filings and correspondence of all types that involve ULS, according to the ARRL. Many types of filings are already required to be done electronically, but hams have been exempted until now. The FCC says it currently receives some 5,000 manually-filed ULS applications each year out of a total of approximately 425,000 (1.2%). The Commission said it

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