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Below is a description and the cost of most of the daily services we provide to our clients.  Often times, an FCC application requires more than simply submitting a form to a coordinator, or the FCC - such as contour or interference studies, so the most common such studies are listed below.  To determine the actual, final costs to license your system, please contact us for a quote.  Clicking on the link of the service will take you to a more detailed explanation of the exact service.

FCC and Coordination Fees ARE NOT LISTED and are separate from our fees.

Licensing Services:

 

Form 601 Application/Modification Admin Costs	$200.00
Form 601 Application/Modification for VHF channels	$300
Renewal, Online	$50
Renewal, Hardcopy	$100
Construction Notice, Online	$50
Construction Notice, Hardcopy	$100
FAA Study	$200
ASR Registration	$50.00
Set up FRN (FCC Registration Number)	$25.00
Assignment of Authorization / Transfer of Ownership	$200.00
Waiver Request	$300.00
STA (Special Temporary Authorization)	$300.00

Detailed Information

Form 601 Application/Modification

A FCC Form 601 is the basic form for communications with the FCC.  It is updated regularly.  The latest edition is from April 2006, and you can download it from our library.  Our fee includes assistance in completing the form and electronic submission of the form into the FCC and coordinator's databases.

The two major purposes for the 601 form are for new applications and modifications to currently licensed authorizations.

New Application: To request a new license. This purpose should only be used for initial applications. We will complete the Main Form and all appropriate schedules. We have a worksheet available in the library that will give us some of the basic required information to process your application. Unless we already have the majority of your information on file, we will need the PROS 601 Worksheet filled out and returned to us to process most new applications.

Forms and schedules that may be required:

Name	Schedule Title	Pages
PROS Ltd Worksheet	Short, 3 page worksheet for use in completing FCC Form 601 and Schedules.	3
Complete Form	Form, all Schedules and instructions (2.7 meg pdf file)	123
Main Form	FCC Application for WTB Radio Service Authorization	26
Schedule A	Changes Affecting Multiple Call Signs or File Numbers	2
Schedule B	Geographically Licensed Services	10
Schedule D	Station Locations and Antenna Structures	8
Schedule H	Private Land Mobile and Land Mobile Broadcast Auxiliary Radio Services	9
Schedule J	Paging, Rural, Air-ground (General Aviation), and Offshore Radiotelephone Services	8
Schedule K	Required Notification for Wireless Services	3
Schedule L	Waiver Request for Extension of Time for Wireless Services	3
Schedule M	Schedule for Registration	7

Modification: To request a change in the conditions of any data (administrative and technical OR technical) for a license during the term of that license. This purpose is also used to apply for a site-specific authorization in a market based service to fulfill environmental assessment requirements or international coordination requirements. All appropriate schedules must be completed and attached, and must accurately describe the data that has been modified.

For VHF channels, there are additional cost due to the difficulty in finding and getting approval for that frequency band.  See details in the FAQs.

Online Renewal

If you have a renewal due, have your FCC Registration Number (FRN) and password, you can log on to the FCC ULS database and process the renewal directly.  Give us authorization, and we can perform it for you.  Lost your FCC password?  Our online renewal process will allow us to reset your password, and we can maintain it for you. 

Our costs for an online renewal assumes a simple renewal, not requiring a waiver or other special handling.  Renewals for non-government agencies require a FCC renewal fee of $55, payable by credit card.

Hardcopy Renewal

The same as the online renewal, except we print out and mail the renewal application and attach the FCC fee payment separately with an FCC Form 159 (Payment Remittance Advice). The FCC prefers online renewals.

Construction Notice

Online

Schedule K of FCC Form 601. This is a required notification to the FCC within 12 months after you have been issued a license to operate a radio system (callsign).  You can do this yourself online with the FCC's  ULS database or provide us with authorization to handle it for you.  Failure to timely file a construction notice will result in the automatic cancellation of your license.  Your FRN and password are required.

The FCC requires most licensees 1) to construct their authorized system or meet specific coverage requirements within a given time period and 2) to notify the Commission that the requirement has been met.  For mobile-only systems, the system must be operational within the time period and the licensees are required to notify the FCC in the same manner as those with construction/coverage requirements.

If a licensee fails to construct a frequency, fails to construct a location, fails to construct an entire license, or fails to meet a coverage requirement, the frequency, location, or license terminates automatically as of the applicable construction/coverage deadline. See 47 CFR 1.946 for information on Construction and Coverage Requirements.

Beginning February 1, 2006, when a licensee does not file the Required Notification or Request for Extension of Time, ULS will presume that the license, location, or frequency has not been constructed, or the coverage requirement has not been met, and place the license, location, or frequency in “termination pending” status for 30 days. If, by the end of that 30-day period the licensee does not file a petition to rebut the presumption, then ULS will change the status of the license, location, or frequency to “Terminated,” effective the date of the construction or coverage deadline. This new feature within ULS is called automated termination process or “Auto Term.”

Hardcopy

Schedule K of FCC Form 601.  The same as above, except hardcopy, printed and mailed to the FCC.

FAA Study

If your site requires an FAA Air Safety (Obstruction) Study, you must have this study done before you can license any FCC transmitter at the site.  We can file this FAA application for you electronically or you can do so yourself at the FAA's website.

To find out if your site requires an FAA study, you can input the latitude, longitude and structure height into the FCC's  TOWAIR system.  If it is required, you must file for, and receive an FAA Obstruction Evaluation Study, and then you must file for and receive a FCC Antenna Structure Registration (ASR). Only then can you apply for a FCC license at that location.

Steps:

1. Determine your antenna structure coordinates and structure height,

2. Check with the FCC's TOWAIR system to see if a FAA study is required.

3. If so, request an FAA Obstruction Evaluation Study

4.  Once granted, apply for a FCC Antenna Structure Registration (ASR) number (see below).

5.  After you have applied for and received an ASR for your site, you may then file for an FCC license at that location.

ASR Registration

The FCC requires owners to register certain antenna structures (generally those more than 60.96 meters (200 feet) in height or located near an airport) with the Commission. In a Report and Order released November 30, 1995, the Commission adopted rules designed to streamline the registration process and began requiring antenna structure owners (instead of licensees) to register these structures with the Commission. In a Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration (also in PDF format) released March 8, 2000, the Commission clarified several registration requirements. The Antenna Structure Registration rules are contained in Part 17 of the Commission's Rules (47 CFR 17).

The FCC define the term "antenna structures" as "The radiating and/or receive system, its supporting structures and any appurtenances mounted thereon." In practical terms, an antenna structure could be a free standing structure, built specifically to support or act as an antenna, or it could be a structure mounted on some other man-made object (such as a building or bridge). In the latter case, note that the structure must be registered with the FCC, not the building or bridge.

The Antenna Structure Registration Program is the process under which each antenna structure that requires FAA notification -- including new and existing structures -- must be registered with the FCC by its owner. The owner is the single point of contact for resolving antenna-related problems and is responsible for the maintenance of those structures requiring painting and/or lighting.

Antenna Structure Registration does not replace the FAA notification requirement. Registration must be undertaken after an owner has requested a study of the site by the Federal Aviation Administration and received a "final determination of no hazard," but before any licensing applications are filed with the FCC for the site.

All registrations are filed via FCC Form 854. You may use the interactive filing system or download a copy of the form to fill out and mail to the Commission, or simply let us handle it for you

Set up FRN (FCC Registration Number)

If you wish to conduct business with the FCC, you must first register through the FCC's COmmission REgistration System (CORES). Upon registration, you will be assigned a FCC Registration Number (FRN). This number will be used to uniquely identify you in all transactions with the FCC.

An FRN is a 10-digit number that is assigned to a business or individual registering with the FCC.  The FCC will use the FRN to determine if all of a registrant's fees have been paid. You are encouraged to register with the Commission as soon as you expect to do business with the FCC. This way, you will be ready to access any of the electronic licensing systems without having to go through the registration process at the time you submit an application.

The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau began requiring the FRN for the Universal Licensing System and Antenna Structure Registration on December 3, 2001.

We will need need normal contact and administrative data to set you up, including a Federal Tax ID or Social Security Number.  If you are a 501(c) non-profit, we will need a copy of your IRS Letter of Determination.  You can register directly with the FCC if you wish, at the below link.

Register with the FCC

Assignment of Authorization / Transfer of Ownership

Assignment of Authorization

An Assignment of Authorization involves a change in the identity of the holder of the License and generally entails the changing of the Licensee name. For an Assignment, the Assignor must request approval using FCC Form 603 (in our library) and generally must receive prior consent (unless the Assignment is Involuntary or a post-consummation notification of a pro forma Assignment) from the FCC before assigning its authorization(s).

Both the Assignor and Assignee must sign the form.

Transfer of Control

A Transfer of Control involves (1) a change from less than 50 percent ownership to 50 percent or more ownership of a Licensee or (2) the transfer of controlling interest in the ownership of a Licensee to another party or parties.  A Transfer of Control involves a transfer of controlling interest in ownership but generally does not involve the changing of the Licensee name.

For a Transfer, the Transferor must request approval using FCC Form 603 and generally must receive prior consent (unless the Transfer is Involuntary or a post-consummation notification of a pro forma Transfer) from the FCC before transferring control of the Licensee’s authorization(s).

Waiver Request

The Commission may waive specific requirements of the rules on its own motion or upon request. Requests for waiver of rules associated with licenses or applications in the Wireless Radio Services must be filed on FCC Form 601, 603, or 605.

Requests for waiver must contain a complete explanation as to why the waiver is desired. If the information necessary to support a waiver request is already on file, the applicant may cross-reference the specific filing where the information may be found.

There are some rule parts that the FCC will almost always waiver.  There are other parts, they will never waiver.  Asking never hurts.

 

STA (Special Temporary Authorization)

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) grants Special Temporary Authority (STA) to permit immediate or temporary operation of certain private radio facilities during emergencies or other urgent conditions.

STA may be granted in the following circumstances:

1. In emergency situations, such as natural disasters;
2. To permit restoration or relocation of existing facilities to continue communication service;
3. To conduct tests to determine necessary data for the preparation of an application for regular authorization;
4. For a temporary, non-recurring service where a regular authorization is not appropriate;
5. In other situations involving circumstances which are of such extraordinary nature that delay in the institution of temporary operation would seriously prejudice the public interest.

All STAs are issued on a secondary non-interference basis. Because an STA is secondary, if the facilities operating under an STA cause interference, the applicant would be required to discontinue operation.

STA requests must be complete and cannot rely on pending applications. Lack of information or adequate justification may result in delays in processing the application or even denial.

Normally, the FCC will not grant STAs for operations that require Canadian coordination. The FCC coordinates with Canada most frequencies allocated to Land Mobile Services for use above Line A and East of Line C, as defined in Section 1.955 of the FCC's Rules.

There is an additional FCC fee for businesses that request an STA.

An STA has other advantages, in addition to the five reasons listed above, and can occasionally be granted inside the Canadian Coordination Zone.  Talk to us about the additional advantages, and the possibility of STA's above Line A.
 

Other related services that may be required to complete an application:

Frequency finding Service

Engineering Services

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