Is your FCC Amateur Radio License about to expire?  Want to save time and a stamp when renewing your license?  You can now renew your license "on-line" but we suggest that you read the following W1AW Bulletin completely so that you understand the do's and don't's of the process.  Then you may follow the link provided to the FCC internet location that will allow you to do this.  Here's the info........

From: w1aw@arrl.org
To: QST@listserv.arrl.org
Subject: ARLB058 FCC announces electronic renewal Form 900
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 18:25:26 EDT

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From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT October 3, 1997
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB058 ARLB058 FCC announces electronic renewal Form 900

Hams now can renew their licenses on line. The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) has consolidated eight renewal forms into one form. Form 900, Application for Electronic Renewal of Wireless Radio Services Authorizations, is an interim measure to permit all WTB licensees, including hams, to renew their licenses electronically.

This form is only for renewals, not for license modifications. You can only enter changes (eg, name, address) using Form 900 as a part of the process of renewing your license. You can only use Form 900 if the expiration date on your license falls within the renewal window (within 120 days of expiration). You cannot use Form 900 to renew an expired license. Form 900 may only be submitted electronically. No Form 900 paper applications will be accepted. When filing Form 900, you will be required to enter a Social Security Number for a taxpayer ID number.

Access Form 900 on the WTB Electronic Commerce page, http://www.fcc.gov/wtb/electcom.html (click on Production Page for Electronic Commerce Applications to access the Form 900). Click on any item number for filing instructions. Once you have filed the form, clicking on Electronic Renewal Query lets you view or print the information submitted.

Once you have successfully submitted Form 900, it is important to click on the Continue button to obtain the fee information pertaining to your filing. The screen will prompt you with a Fee Remittance Advice, Form 159. The form will indicate that there is no charge to renew an Amateur Radio license (except for vanity call sign holders, who won't have to renew for several more years yet).

Form 900 updates will be batch processed at night. They are not instantaneous.

Send comments about the FCC Form 900 to sreed(at)fcc.gov. For technical assistance, call the FCC Technical Support Group at 202-414-1250. Other general information may be obtained from the FCC's National Call Center at 888-225-5322 (CALL-FCC). NNNN /EX

This information has been provided to you as a service to radio amateurs by the Delta Amateur Radio Club.  The club accepts no responsibility for the success or failure of this renewal process.  We are simply passing on information, exactly as transmitted, in the W1AW bulletin shown above.

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