[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8108-8109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2438]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[DA 01-36]


Amateur Service Club and Military Recreation Station Call Sign 
Administrators Announced

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: This document announces that the Commission has accepted 
requests from three organizations interested in processing applications 
for amateur service club, Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service 
(RACES), and military recreation station call signs. The organizations 
are designated as a ``Club Station Call Sign Administrators'' (CSCSA) 
and will process applications for amateur service club, RACES, and 
military recreation station call signs.

DATES: Starting January 22, 2001, the FCC will accept applications for 
new, modification of, or renewal of amateur service club and military 
recreation station licenses, and modification of RACES station 
licenses, only from a CSCSA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William T. Cross, Public Safety and 
Private Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 
418-0680.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a Public Notice released on January 3, 
2000, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it 
would accept requests from organizations interested in processing 
applications for amateur service club, RACES, and military recreation 
station call signs pursuant to an October 21, 1998, Report and Order, 
63 FR 68904, December 14, 1998, reinstituting the use of volunteer 
organizations for the purpose of processing applications for amateur 
service club and military recreation station call sign. A club station 
license is an amateur service station license granted only to the 
trustee of an amateur service club, which must be composed of at least 
four persons and have a name, a document of organization, management, 
and a primary purpose devoted to amateur service activities consistent 
with part 97 of the FCC's rules. A military recreation station license 
is an amateur service station license granted only to the person who is 
the license custodian designated by the official in charge of the 
United States military recreational premises where the station is 
situated. A RACES station license is an amateur service station license 
granted only to the person who is the license custodian designated by 
the official responsible for the governmental agency served by that 
civil defense organization and also authorizes only the use of a 
specific call sign.
    The purpose of this Public Notice is to announce that beginning 
January 22, 2001, the FCC will accept the services of three 
organizations as CSCSAs. An

[[Page 8109]]

organization designated as a CSCSA has provided information showing: 
(1) That it is an amateur radio organization; (2) that it has tax-
exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986; (3) that it will provide voluntary, uncompensated and 
unreimbursed services for processing applications for club, RACES, and 
military recreation station call signs; (4) that it will submit the 
information to the FCC in an electronic batch file; and (5) that it 
will retain the application information for at least 15 months and make 
it available to the FCC upon request. A CSCSA may collect all necessary 
information in any manner of its choosing, including creating its own 
forms. The following organizations have successfully completed a pilot 
autogrant batch filing project and are authorized as CSCSAs to process 
applications for amateur service club, RACES, and military recreation 
station call signs and submit the information to the FCC in an 
electronic batch file:
    American Radio Relay League, Inc., 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 
06111. Contact: Wayne Irwin (860) 594-0200; world wide web: http://www.arrl.org; e-mail: [email protected].
    W4VEC Volunteer Examiners Club of America,. 3504 Stonehurst Place, 
High Point, NC 27265. Contact: Jim Williamson (336) 841-7576; world 
wide web: http://www.w4vec.com; e-mail: [email protected].
    W5YI-VEC, P.O. Box 565101, Dallas, TX 75356-5101. Contact: Larry 
Pollock (817) 461-6443; world wide web: http://www.w5yi.org; e-mail: 
[email protected].

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-2438 Filed 1-26-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P