Subj : Delta Division News To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Mon Mar 22 2021 10:00:45 Greetings Delta Members and Amateurs. Contrary to what you may have heard or read, the collection of application fees for the amateur radio service and a number of other services will NOT begin on April 19, 2021. I repeat, the collection of application fees for the amateur radio service and a few other services will NOT begin on April 19, 2021. Although April 19, 2021 is the date the rules in the FCC Report and Order adopted last December generally take effect, i.e., one month after the FCC Report and Order (R&O) was published in the March 19, 2021 Federal Register. Certain parts of those rules, including the collection of application fees for the amateur radio service, will NOT begin on that date. Anything you may have heard on the April date is erroneous information which was based on a tentative target date named in the R & O, or at worst "fake news". The effective date for new amateur radio fees has not yet been established. The FCC explicitly states in the published Notice that the fees will not take effect until: * the requisite notice has been provided to Congress; AND * the FCC's information technology systems and internal procedures have been updated; AND * the Commission publishes [FUTURE] notice(s) in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of such rules. None of the above are yet completed nor are they approved for release; hence, we do not have a firm date on the collection of any amateur radio licensing fees. The League's counsel for FCC matters estimates that the effective start date for collecting the fees will be some time this summer, but regardless of the exact timing we will have advance notice. ********************************************************* Upcoming events this weekend and 30-days out: 8th Sevier County 2021 Hamfest 03/27/2021 Location: Sevier County Fairgrounds & Exhibit Hall 754 Old Knoxville Hwy Sevierville, TN 37862 Website: http://seviercountyars.com Sponsor: Sevier County Amateur Radio Society Type: ARRL Hamfest Talk-In: 146.94 - No Tone Public Contact: Richard Sawaya , N4JTQ 2005 Spence Mountain Loop Sevierville, TN 37876 Phone: 606-207-7349 Email: n4jtq@live.com AJARC Hamfest 2021 04/17/2021 Location: Greene County Fair Grounds 123 Fairgrounds Cir Greeneville, TN 37743 Website: https://greenevillehamfest.com/ Sponsor: Andrew Johnson Amateur Radio Club Type: ARRL Hamfest Talk-In: 145.390 MHz-88.5 Tone, 443.200 MHZ-100 Tone Public Contact: Lawrence Whiteside , KN4MVH 103 Blue Bell Street Greeneville, TN 37743 Phone: 810-240-1806 Email: KN4MVH@greenevillehamfest.com CU in Sevierville Saturday! 73 DE K5UZ WB4RHQ -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL Delta Division Director: David A Norris, K5UZ k5uz@arrl.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- --- SBBSecho 3.13-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (618:250/33) .