All, Very rarely do I cross post a message from one group to another. I'm a member of the Private Wireless Forum (PWF) since I have dealings with the commercial LMR industry as well as the FCC.
The FCC is proposing consolidating it's licensing system into one database. Whether that happens or not, it still involves the hams to a certain extent. Most of you receiving this email will disregard it, since the vast majority of the list members are hams just using the spectrum as their personal hobby. However, since the list is so huge it also encompasses members who are actively involved in commercial entities. And not to mention those hams who will renew their licenses in the future. Please read the message below that was posted on the PWF forum. Thank you. Don, KD9PT Subject: (PWF) The FCC's Consolidated Licensing System Nobody has mentioned the FCC's proposed Consolidated Licensing System. This is going to change the way licenses and antenna structure registrations get done. All those separate systems and forms are going to merge into one big system. And the forms and data required on applications may change significantly. They had a workshop recently where representatives of law firms, engineering firms, associations of licensees, etc. gave brief descriptions of how they use the current licensing systems and how they'd like to see the systems changed. Interesting stuff... sorta. You can watch the workshop (all 3 hours of it!) at reboot.FCC.gov under the Events tab. I have a LOT of things I'd like changed in the way licenses are handled. For instance: you can only renew an STA in the 10 days prior to its expiration date even though the license shows up 90 days in advance of the expiration date in your FRN renewal list. That's just the tiniest tip of the iceberg. The FCC says they are looking for input on ways to make things easier, faster, whatever. If you let somebody else handle all your FCC paperwork you probably don't care. But if you get your hands into the FCC's systems, you may want to pay attention to what's going on. Check out: http://reboot.fcc.gov/
