FCC License Renewal
A Part 101 license is valid for 10 years from the date of grant, regardless of whether modifications have been made to the license in the interim. Licenses can be renewed within 90 days of their expiration.
The Federal Communications Commission will contact the licensee prior to expiration of each license to remind of the need for renewal, hence it is important to ensure your contact information is kept up to date. Details for doing so are here. FCC fees for renewal are similar to those for a new license. You don't need a new frequency coordination if you are not changing the physical properties of the link.
Black & Associates can prepare and file these applications on your behalf.
PLEASE NOTE: Please Contact Us directly if you need to modify the link, change the licensee name on your licenses, if the original license required rule waivers or if the license expiration date has passed. Also, keep in mind a point-to-point license is location based, meaning a single microwave link will comprise two licenses and these two licenses may have different renewal deadlines.
Checklist
- Login or Create an account with Black & Associates
- Review Your FCC Administrative Data for accuracy.
- Select the call signs to be renewed from the 'Call Sign' list. The pull-down contains all of your call signs that are eligible for renewal within the next 120 days sorted by deadline. Entries are identified by
'DEADLINE CALLSIGN (location)' - Call signs are renewed individually. If both ends of a path are eligible for renewal, both call signs must be selected.
- Call signs with missed deadlines require special handling. Contact Us directly if your deadline is near. We will attempt to meet deadlines but offer no guarantees.
- Click 'Update Cart'.
- Review your Cart and check-out.