PUBLIC NOTICE
                                                                  
           
   Federal Communications Commission
   1919 M St., N.W.
   Washington, D.C. 20554

                                                                  
           
        
        Release Date:  September 11, 1996




Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Makes the Amateur Station
Vanity Call Sign Request
Available for an Electronic Filing Test

                                  
                                  
                                  An electronic test version of
the  Amateur Station Vanity Call Sign Request form, is available
on the Internet at
http://www.fcc.gov/wtb/amradsrv.html, (click on Interactive Beta
Test Server to access the form).  Detailed
filing instructions are available by clicking on the item number
on the Internet form.

This Internet electronic filing test will be available for
approximately one week.  In the next few months, the
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau intends to allow applicants
for all services to submit their application over
the Internet and encourages all parties that are interested in
electronic filing to participate in this test.  Please
submit your written comments and suggestions regarding electronic
filing to the Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau at webmail@fcc.gov.  

A future public notice will be released announcing the
availability and instructions for accessing the production
version of the electronic Amateur Station Vanity Call Sign
Request form.   For technical assistance, please
contact the FCC Technical Support Group at (202) 414-1250.  For
general questions regarding the application,
please call the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Consumer
Assistance staff at 800-322-1117.




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