§  97.21   Application for a modified or renewed license grant.

   (a) A person holding a valid amateur station license grant:

   (1) Must apply to the FCC for a modification of the license grant as
   necessary to show the correct mailing address, licensee name, club
   name, license trustee name or license custodian name in accordance with
   § 1.913 of this chapter. For a club, military recreation or RACES
   station license grant, it must be presented in document form to a Club
   Station Call Sign Administrator who must submit the information thereon
   to the FCC in an electronic batch file. The Club Station Call Sign
   Administrator must retain the collected information for at least 15
   months and make it available to the FCC upon request.

   (2) May apply to the FCC for a modification of the operator/primary
   station license grant to show a higher operator class. Applicants must
   present the administering VEs with all information required by the
   rules prior to the examination. The VEs may collect all necessary
   information in any manner of their choosing, including creating their
   own forms.

   (3) May apply to the FCC for renewal of the license grant for another
   term in accordance with § 1.913 of this chapter. Application for renewal
   of a Technician Plus Class operator/primary station license will be
   processed as an application for renewal of a Technician Class
   operator/primary station license.

   (i) For a station license grant showing a call sign obtained through
   the vanity call sign system, the application must be filed in
   accordance with § 97.19 of this part in order to have the vanity call
   sign reassigned to the station.

   (ii) For a primary station license grant showing a call sign obtained
   through the sequential call sign system, and for a primary station
   license grant showing a call sign obtained through the vanity call sign
   system but whose grantee does not want to have the vanity call sign
   reassigned to the station, the application must be filed with the FCC
   in accordance with § 1.913 of this chapter. When the application has
   been received by the FCC on or before the license expiration date, the
   license operating authority is continued until the final disposition of
   the application.

   (iii) For a club station or military recreation station license grant
   showing a call sign obtained through the sequential call sign system,
   and for a club or military recreation station license grant showing a
   call sign obtained through the vanity call sign system but whose
   grantee does not want to have the vanity call sign reassigned to the
   station, the application must be presented in document form to a Club
   Station Call Sign Administrator who must submit the information thereon
   to the FCC in an electronic batch file. The Club Station Call Sign
   Administrator must retain the collected information for at least 15
   months and make it available to the FCC upon request. RACES station
   license grants will not be renewed.

   (b) A person whose amateur station license grant has expired may apply
   to the FCC for renewal of the license grant for another term during a 2
   year filing grace period. The application must be received at the
   address specified above prior to the end of the grace period. Unless
   and until the license grant is renewed, no privileges in this part are
   conferred.

   (c) A call sign obtained under the sequential or vanity call sign
   system will be reassigned to the station upon renewal or modification
   of a station license.

   [ 63 FR 68979 , Dec. 14, 1998, as amended at  64 FR 53242 , Oct. 1, 1999;
    65 FR 6550 , Feb. 10, 2000]