Requirement to Display FCC License

[Maxx102]

Hello everyone, our company recently ditched the Sprint PTT in favor of a two-way radio system and we just received our license/certificate/letter from the FCC with our Call Letters and other related information.

My question is this, are we required to display this license/certificate from the FCC so that people can see it or is it just for our information only?

 

[KevinC]

I asked this same question to my local Resident Agent, below is his response...

Although this section is rarely enforced, unless there is problem, Section 90.437 requires that the original authorization for each station shall be retained as a permanent part of the station records but need not be posted. Entities authorized under this part must make available either a clearly legible photocopy of the authorization for each base or fixed station at a fixed location at every control point of the station or an address or location where the current authorization can be found.

 

[Maxx102]

Thank you KevinC,

As a precaution I went ahead and framed the original letter and posted it on one of the walls at our dispatch center. I also placed a photocopy with each repeater and finally saved a scanned copy as a .pdf file and put it in our electronic records.

 

[baltimorecs]

The FCC seems to be going away from paper making it so that paper licenses are no longer issued by default. When getting our last STA the online tool asked if we wanted paper or electronic. So I don't think they would have much issue with not displaying your license.


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[prcguy]

As the RF Engineer for a large satellite broadcast facility, I made sure all original licenses were on file in the front office and I placed a copy in a frame on the wall at each relevant transmitter/antenna area. Every January I would go over all licenses to see if anything needed attention during that year.
prcguy

 

[PACNWDude]

My last job dealt with many repeater sites and shipboard radios. On vessels, you must have at least copies of the license readily available. We covered this by having a three ring binder in the CCC or Command and Control Center and another on the Bridge with copies of all transceiver licenses.

The repeater sites had a copy somewhere on site. To keep us legal in vehicles, a copy was placed with the vehicle registration. The only people that ever checked was the Coast Guard and a company called Radio Holland.

Radio Holland only checked to see which antennas we had, and that they could claim were bad/inoperative and needed replaced every year.

 

[cmdrwill]

The FCC long long ago required a tag on every mobile radio displaying the FCC callsign. The paper tag had a official FCC number.

KevenC's post, the statement from the FCC engineer IS correct.

Most put a copy of the license/authorization in a page protector on the repeater or remote base stations. I put the callsign and a contact number label on each repeater and remote base in shared facilities which keeps the local FCC happy..

But remember the mice and rats, and some other bugs like to eat paper.......

 

[wa1nic]

I renewed my part 90 license two months ago... For the first time ever, I did not get a hard copy in the mail. The best you can do now I guess it download it from the FCC's web site.

 

[SteveC0625]

I renewed my part 90 license two months ago... For the first time ever, I did not get a hard copy in the mail. The best you can do now I guess it download it from the FCC's web site.

Somewhere in the ULS, you can snag a pdf of your license that is watermarked OFFICIAL COPY. There's also a button to generate a printed copy from the FCC. But with the advent of the official pdf, it's kind of a "why bother" situation now.

 

[ecps92]

The FCC stopped doing the mailings, due to the implementation of the "Official" vs "Reference" download in PDF avail to the license holder

I renewed my part 90 license two months ago... For the first time ever, I did not get a hard copy in the mail. The best you can do now I guess it download it from the FCC's web site.

 

[DisasterGuy]

Most put a copy of the license/authorization in a page protector on the repeater or remote base stations. I put the callsign and a contact number label on each repeater and remote base in shared facilities which keeps the local FCC happy..

^^^THIS^^^

We apply a label to each station (repeater/fixed transmitter) with our agency name, call sign, TX frequency, RX frequency and modulation. We then attach a sheet protector near the door of each shelter (or in a shared shelter to our racks) containing a copy of each license. We require the same of anyone occupying one of our shelters. All originals are maintained in a binder in the office.