08/28/2025
As of Monday morning, August 25, 2025, the FCC's Electronic Batch Filing (EBF) system-used by all VEC organizations to file exam sessions, individual applications, and club license applications-is not processing submissions.ÿ
This outage means that applications for new and upgraded licenses, as well as individual and club filings, are not currently being processed or issued.ÿ
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ARRL VEC[1] alerted FCC staff, who are working to resolve the problem. While the system briefly processed a small number of Monday's submissions on Wednesday, it has since gone down again. Thousands of applications remain pending on the FCC side.ÿ
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ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, reported that the FCC has not provided an estimate on when the system will be restored.ÿ
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Please check back for updates on the FCC outage as more information becomes available.
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https://www.arrl.org/volunteer-examiners
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