Sec. 97.21  Application for a modified or renewed license.

    (a) A person who has been granted an amateur station license that 
has not expired:
    (1) Must apply for a modification of the license as necessary to 
show the correct mailing address, licensee name, club name, license 
trustee name, or license custodian name. The application document must 
be submitted to: FCC, 1270 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325-7245. 
For an operator/primary station license, the application must be made on 
FCC Form 610. For a club, military recreation, or RACES station license, 
the application must be made on FCC Form 610-B.
    (2) May apply for a modification of the license to show a higher 
operator class. The application must be made on FCC Form 610 and must be 
submitted to the VEs administering the qualifying examination.
    (3) May apply for renewal of the license for another term. (The FCC 
may mail to the licensee an FCC Form 610-R that may be used for this 
purpose.)
    (i) When the license does not show a call sign selected by the 
vanity call sign system, the application may be made on FCC Form 610-R 
if it is received from the FCC. If the Form 610-R is not received from 
the FCC within 30 days of the expiration date of the license for an 
operator/primary station license, the application may be made on FCC 
Form 610. For a club, military recreation, or RACES station license, the 
application may be made on FCC Form 610-B. The application may be 
submitted no more than 90 days before its expiration to: FCC, 1270 
Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325-7245. When the application for 
renewal of the license has been received by the FCC at 1270 Fairfield 
Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325-7245 on or before the license expiration 
date, the license operating authority is continued until the final 
disposition of the application.
    (ii) When the license shows a call sign selected by the vanity call 
sign system, the application must be filed as specified in Section 
97.19(b). When the application has been received at the proper address 
specified in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Fee Filing Guide on 
or before the license expiration date, the license operating authority 
is continued until final disposition of the application.
    (4) May apply for a modification of the license to show a different 
call sign selected by the sequential call sign system. The application 
document must be submitted to: FCC, 1270 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 
17325-7245. The application must be made on FCC Form 610. This 
modification is not available to club, military recreation, or RACES 
stations.
    (b) A person who had been granted an amateur station license, but 
the license has expired, may apply for renewal of the license for 
another term during a 2 year filing grace period. The application 
document must be received by the FCC at 1270 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, 
PA 17325-7245 prior to the end of the grace period. For an operator/
primary station license, the application must be made on FCC Form 610. 
For a club, military recreation, or RACES station license, the 
application must be made on FCC Form 610-B. Unless and until the license 
is renewed, no privileges in this part are conferred.
    (c) Each application for a modified or renewed amateur service 
license must be accompanied by a photocopy (or the original) of the 
license document unless an application for renewal using FCC Form 610-R 
is being made, or unless the original document has been lost, mutilated 
or destroyed.
    (d) Unless the holder of a station license requests a change in call 
sign, the same call sign will be assigned to the station upon renewal or 
modification of a station license.
    (e) A reciprocal permit for alien amateur licensee cannot be 
renewed. A new reciprocal permit for alien amateur licensee may be 
issued upon proper application.
[ 59 FR 54832 , Nov. 2, 1994, as amended at  60 FR 7461 , Feb. 8, 1995;  60 FR 53133 , Oct. 12, 1995;  61 FR 21386 , May 10, 1996]