[bars] Navigating the FCC -- renew license and change name

[Bruce Anderson]

Hello Marla
>From the FCC:
The FCC charges an application fee<https://www.arrl.org/fcc-application-fee> for certain filings including new licenses, vanity call sign requests, and license renewals. There are no fees for administrative updates, such as a change of name, mailing or email address, modification applications to upgrade an amateur radio licensee’s operator class or to request a sequentially issued call sign.

You can change your name anytime, as Ken described.
can renew only 90 days (or later) before it expires.

So maybe make it a two-step process.

Bruce


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From: bars <bars-bounces at w1hh.org> on behalf of Marla Wallace via bars <bars at w1hh.org>
Sent: Friday, September 5, 2025 1:04 PM
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Subject: [bars] Navigating the FCC -- renew license and change name

I need to renew my license soon.  It expires in February of 2026.  At the same time (I hope!), I need to change their records to match my present legal name.  Can anybody explain what I need to do to accomplish this?
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