§ 97.21   Application for a modified or renewed license grant.

   (a) A person holding a valid amateur station license grant:

   (1)  Must  apply to the FCC for a modification of the license grant as
   necessary to show the correct mailing address, licensee name, club name,
   license trustee name, or license custodian name in accordance with § 1.913 of
   this chapter. For a club or military recreation station license grant, the
   application must be presented in document form to a Club Station Call Sign
   Administrator who must submit the information thereon to the FCC in an
   electronic batch file. The Club Station Call Sign Administrator must retain
   the collected information for at least 15 months and make it available to
   the FCC upon request. A Club Station Call Sign Administrator shall not file
   with the Commission any application to modify a club station license grant
   that  was submitted by a person other than the trustee as shown on the
   license grant, except an application to change the club station license
   trustee. An application to modify a club station license grant to change the
   license  trustee  name  must  be submitted to a Club Station Call Sign
   Administrator and must be signed by an officer of the club.

   (2) May apply to the FCC for a modification of the operator/primary station
   license grant to show a higher operator class. Applicants must present the
   administering VEs with all information required by the rules prior to the
   examination. The VEs may collect all necessary information in any manner of
   their choosing, including creating their own forms.

   (3) May apply to the FCC for renewal of the license grant for another term
   in  accordance with § § 1.913 and 1.949 of this chapter. Application for
   renewal of a Technician Plus Class operator/primary station license will be
   processed  as  an  application  for  renewal  of  a  Technician  Class
   operator/primary station license.

   (i) For a station license grant showing a call sign obtained through the
   vanity call sign system, the application must be filed in accordance with
   § 97.19 of this part in order to have the vanity call sign reassigned to the
   station.

   (ii)  For a primary station license grant showing a call sign obtained
   through the sequential call sign system, and for a primary station license
   grant showing a call sign obtained through the vanity call sign system but
   whose grantee does not want to have the vanity call sign reassigned to the
   station, the application must be filed with the FCC in accordance with
   § 1.913 of this chapter. When the application has been received by the FCC on
   or before the license expiration date, the license operating authority is
   continued until the final disposition of the application.

   (iii)  For a club station or military recreation station license grant
   showing a call sign obtained through the sequential call sign system, and
   for a club station license grant showing a call sign obtained through the
   vanity call sign system but whose grantee does not want to have the vanity
   call sign reassigned to the station, the application must be presented in
   document form to a Club Station Call Sign Administrator who must submit the
   information thereon to the FCC in an electronic batch file. The replacement
   call sign will be selected by the sequential call sign system. The Club
   Station Call Sign Administrator must retain the collected information for at
   least 15 months and make it available to the FCC upon request.

   (b) A person whose amateur station license grant has expired may apply to
   the FCC for renewal of the license grant for another term during a 2 year
   filing  grace  period. The application must be received at the address
   specified above prior to the end of the grace period. Unless and until the
   license grant is renewed, no privileges in this part are conferred.

   (c) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(3) of this section, a call sign
   obtained under the sequential or vanity call sign system will be reassigned
   to the station upon renewal or modification of a station license.

   [ 63 FR 68979 , Dec. 14, 1998, as amended at  64 FR 53242 , Oct. 1, 1999;  65 FR 6550 , Feb. 10, 2000;  75 FR 78170 , Dec. 15, 2010;  79 FR 35291 , July 21, 2014]

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