SB QST @ ARL $ARLB012 ARLB012 Updated: FCC ULS Unavailable, Filing Deadlines Extended ZCZC AG12 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 12 ARLB012 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT June 15, 2023 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB012 ARLB012 Updated: FCC ULS Unavailable, Filing Deadlines Extended 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 The FCC Public Notice can be seen at: https://www.fcc.gov/document/uls-tcns-e-106-and-asr-unavailable-filing-deadlines-extended-0 . The notice states that the FCC's Universal Licensing System (ULS), 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 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. Therefore the FCC is 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 operations, for at least three business days after access to the systems resumes. The FCC's Commission Registration (CORES) 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 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 systems to be back online. NNNN /EX