Our system may indeed be broken, but I have also found that many licensees seem to ignore updating their address with the FCC. When I sent out hundreds of notices to all hams within a certain radius (by zip code) to request they attend an important antenna hearing I was conducting for a local ham, (the infamous WN3A case) out of many hundreds of 1st class mail notices, TEN PERCENT came back to me with "forwarding order expired". We got the addresses right from the current FCC ULS system too. Bob Famiglio, K3RF Vice Director - ARRL Atlantic Division 610-359-7300 Serving NNY, WNY, WPA, EPA, SNJ, DE and MD/DC sections www.QRZ.com/db/K3RF <http://www.QRZ.com/db/K3RF> From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> On Behalf Of Jairam, Ria, N2RJ (Dir, HD) Sent: Monday, July 4, 2022 7:11 PM To: Williams, Dale, WA8EFK (Dir, GL) <dale.wms1@frontier.com>; arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> Subject: [arrl-odv:33840] Re: ARRL FCC license renewal notices? I didn't get a notice in 2017 when mine was up for renewal. So clearly this process has been broken for a while. Ria N2RJ _____ From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> > on behalf of Dale Williams <dale.wms1@frontier.com <mailto:dale.wms1@frontier.com> > Sent: Monday, July 4, 2022 6:56:01 PM To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> > Subject: [arrl-odv:33839] Re: ARRL FCC license renewal notices? I had a local ham report that ARRL did not notify him of his upcoming license expiration. As his expiration was three weeks away, I suggested he phone the ARRL VEC immediately Monday AM. He did and they quickly processed his renewal. Despite the glitch, he did let me know that he was quite pleased with the response. However, it appears something is broken. 73, -Dale WA8EFK On 7/4/2022 4:29 PM, Michael Ritz wrote: A member accidently let his amateur license lapse, and was wondering why the FCC didn't send him a renewal notice before it expired. I explained that one to him, (the "Paperwork Reduction Act"), then he wondered why he also didn't get a renewal notice from ARRL. I couldn't explain that one. Here's what he sent me: Incidentally, I just did a google search, (which brings up another issue...) where ARRL says on their website that expiration notices are a "benefit of membership"... see http://www.arrl.org/expiration-notices It doesn't specify email or snail mail, but the wording suggests snail mail. If that's no longer the case, that page needs to be updated. I may have received one but I don't think I did. Is this something that Personify broke, or is this an anomaly? I haven't had any other questions about it, but was wondering. Anybody else on ODV had recent issues with this? Thanks! 73; Mike W7VO _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv
