HAM question (not the bacon kind)

[BDA.45]

Any hams out there, please help me out. Went to renew online today and went through the process. Got to the end (on the FCC site) and they didnt charge me for the renewal. I dont want issues down the road so I took a screen shot of them saying there was no renewal fee. There is. I have the letter they sent to me with the $7 charge. What should I do? I tried calling but the govt is shut down so there's no one there. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

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[Kruel J]

When is your renewal?

 

[Kruel J]

And is there any way to pay it even though nothing is due? Like making an over payment?

I'm a ham as well.

 

[AshWilliams]

According to this there is no fee when filing online: Common Filing Task: Renewing A License

 

[AshWilliams]

Actually, from the link I listed it said, "You may receive a license expiration notification from an entity, but you are not required to use its services." I'm guessing the notification you received was from an entity that wanted to charge you $7, when you can just do it online yourself at no cost.

 

[Cerberus Group]

You used this site?

Renewing a License in the Universal Licensing System (ULS)

 

[BDA.45]

You used this site?

Renewing a License in the Universal Licensing System (ULS)

NOT the site I used. I went directly to FCC. Send me
a PM and I'll show the screen shot....that goes for any HAM

 

[BDA.45]

Ditto what Ash said. Being that it's public information lots of third party low life billers will glom all of the public license data and send you an "official" looking envelope. They will include all of the accurate info regarding expirations, renewal fees, etc. Then they add a line for their processing fee. Hugely scam. I get them all the time for state renewals, yellow pages, etc. At the very best, these things are only useful to remind you that you have a renewal coming up. Definitely do it online. If you have any questions, email the FCC. They do respond.

Yeah I tried that bro.....Federal government is shut down so that's a no go at this point....

 

[BDA.45]

@AshWilliams, Thank you!!!

 

[MikeInOr]

I got my HAM license 20+ years ago. I have let it lasp many times. I have always been able to renew my license even after it has lasped with no fee.

 

[Scootter31]

No fee to renew. If your license expires you have 2 years to renew it.

 

[Stomper]

LMAO.... "not the bacon kind".....

 

[3MTA3]