06/14/2023

Updated 06/14/2023

In an email to all VECs, the FCC indicated that a Public Notice was issued by
the Commission on June 13, 2023.

FCC Public Notice DA 23-506:  UNIVERSAL LICENSING, TOWER CONSTRUCTION
NOTIFICATION, E-106, AND ANTENNA STRUCTURE REGISTRATION SYSTEMS UNAVAILABLE;
FILING DEADLINES EXTENDED[1]

The notice states that the FCC's Universal Licensing System (ULS[2]), Tower
Construction Notification System (TCNS), E-106 System, and Antenna Structure
Registration System (ASR) have been unavailable since approximately 6:30 p.m.
EDT on Friday, June 9, due to technical issues that the agency anticipates
resolving in the near term.

Further the FCC is extending deadlines for regulatory filings in ULS[3] and ASR
because parties have not and will not be able to make electronic filings or
view the contents of the affected systems while they are unavailable, we are
extending the filing deadlines for all regulatory filings that needed to be or
will need to be made in these systems starting June 9, 2023 and until the
Commission announces ULS[4] operations, for at least three business days after
access to the systems resumes.

The FCC's Commission Registration (CORES[5]) System used to pay fees is
unaffected and will remain operational and available to pay any regulatory fee
or application fee payments during this period.

The FCC ULS[6] systems affected that are used by amateurs are the Electronic
Batch Filing (EBF) used by VECs for new and upgrade license submissions and
club license applications, Application Search, License Search, and the License
Manager system used for filing applications directly with the FCC.

At this time, the FCC has stated they do not have a target for the ULS[7]
systems to be back online.

 Original story below:
6/13/2023

The FCC Universal Licensing System (ULS[8]), which includes Electronic Batch
Filing (EBF) used by VECs for new and upgrade license submissions and club
license applications, Application Search, License Search, License Manager
system used for filing applications directly with the FCC, Tower Construction
Notification System, E-106 System, Antenna Structure Registration Online Filing
and searches, TOWAIR and all ULS Specialized Searches, are currently down.

The FCC's EBF and License Manager Filing systems have stopped accepting and
processing all amateur radio exam session files and applications. The EBF
system has not processed any VEC license applications and examination session
files since Monday afternoon. The other systems have not been available since
Friday June 9 at the close of business.

ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, said her office contacted the FCC staff,
which said systems are down due to maintenance but did not estimate how long
the systems would be down. "As soon as the FCC staff corrects the EBF system
problem, we will immediately file the backlog via the automated system, which
would take only a few hours or less to release," Somma estimated. When the
License Manager system is again available, amateurs will be able to file
license renewals, vanity call sign applications, and other license updates
online directly with the FCC.

[1] https://www.fcc.gov/document/uls-tcns-e-106-and-asr-unavailable-filing-deadlines-extended
[2] https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/universal-licensing-system
[3] https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/universal-licensing-system
[4] https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/universal-licensing-system
[5] https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/userLogin.do
[6] https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/universal-licensing-system
[7] https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/universal-licensing-system
[8] https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/universal-licensing-system

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