ARRL has urged the FCC to waive its proposed $50 amateur radio application fee. The Commission proposal was made last month in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in MD 20-270. The proposal already has drawn more than 3,200 individual comments overwhelmingly opposed to the plan. The fees, directed by Congress and imposed on all FCC-regulated services, are to recover the FCC’s costs of handli…
Read more – via American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-seeks-waiver-of-proposed-fcc-amateur-application-fees
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