Sec. 5.53  Filing of applications.

    (a) To assure that necessary information is supplied in a consistent 
manner by all persons, standard forms are prescribed for use in 
connection with the majority of applications and reports submitted for 
Commission consideration. Standard numbered forms applicable to the 
Experimental Radio Service are discussed in Sec. 5.55 and may be 
obtained from the Washington, D.C., Office of the Commission, or from 
any of its engineering field offices. Concerning matters where no 
standard form is applicable, the informal application procedure outlined 
in Sec. 5.55(k) should be followed.
    (b) Any application for radio station authorization and all 
correspondence relating thereto shall be submitted to the Commission's 
office at Washington, DC. (Applications requiring fees as set forth at 
part 1, subpart G of this chapter must be filed in accordance with 
Sec. 0.401(b) of the rules.).
    (c) Unless otherwise specified, an application shall be filed at 
least sixty days prior to the date on which it is desired that 
Commission action thereon be completed.
    (d) Each application for station authorization shall be specific and 
complete with regard to station location, proposed equipment, power, 
antenna height, and operating frequency; and other information required 
by the application form and this part.
    (e) Applications involving operation at temporary locations:
    (1) When a land station or a fixed station is to remain at a single 
location for less than six months, the location is considered to be 
temporary and the procedure outlined in Sec. 5.65 shall apply.
    (2) When a land station or fixed station authorized to operate at 
temporary locations remains at a single location for more than six 
months, an application for modification of the station authorization to 
specify the permanent location shall be filed within thirty days after 
expiration of the six-month period.
    (f) Unless otherwise specified in a particular case, only the 
original signed copy of the application shall be filed. Applications 
with facsimile signatures will not be accepted.
[ 28 FR 12506 , Nov. 22, 1963, as amended at  40 FR 60033 , Dec. 31, 1975; 
 48 FR 52737 , Nov. 22, 1983;  55 FR 19172 , May 8, 1990]