ARRL Questions FCC Proposal to Stop Sending Paper Records to Licensees
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL), which represents amateur radio operators, raised concerns about an FCC proposal to stop sending paper copies of licenses and authorizations to commission licensees. Instead, the agency would consider the electronic version of a license…
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stored in the Universal Licensing System (ULS) as the official FCC document, making paper records available only upon request, ARRL said in a filing in docket 14-161. The change is part of FCC process reform efforts. “The Amateur Radio Service, with more than 730,000 licensees holding active licenses, is composed of individuals,” ARRL said. “Even club licenses are issued to individual trustees. These are not businesses which have regular interaction with the Commission’s ULS or CORES [Commission Registration System] databases and the majority of them have no regular need to use either one.”