Federal Communications Commission DA 17-717
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
LESTER J. SCHAUB
Licensee of Amateur Service Station KB3YED
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ORDER OF MODIFICATION
Adopted:  July 25, 2017 Released:  July 26, 2017
By the Deputy Chief, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:
1. Introduction.  In this Order of Modification, we modify the operator privileges of Lester J. 
Schaub (Schaub), licensee of Amateur Radio Service Station KB3YED, by replacing General Class 
operator privileges with Technician Class operator privileges.  As explained below, we take this action 
pursuant to an earlier order proposing to modify Schaub’s license.1
2. Background.  On April 20, 2017, the American Radio Relay League Volunteer Examiner 
Coordinator (ARRL VEC) sent an electronic data file to the Commission requesting that Schaub’s 
operator license for amateur Station KB3YED be modified to upgrade from Technician Class to General 
Class amateur radio operator privileges.2 Based on this application, the Commission granted Schaub a 
General Class amateur service operator license on April 20, 2017.  This license authorizes Schaub to be 
the control operator of an amateur station transmitting on frequency bands authorized by Section 
97.301(d) of our rules.3  
3. By correspondence dated June 6, 2017, ARRL VEC notified the Commission that it had 
made an error in the April 20, 2017, data file and that Schaub had not qualified for a General Class 
operator license.4 Therefore, ARRL VEC urged us to modify Schaub license to correct the operator 
privileges authorized.  Consequently, we proposed to modify the license for Station KB3YED to show 
Technician Class operator privileges.5
4. Discussion.  The Order Proposing Modification was released on June 12, 2017.  Schaub did 
not protest the proposed modification of his license within the requisite thirty-day time frame.6  
Accordingly, Schaub is deemed to have consented to the proposed modification.7 Based on the record 
  
1 See Lester J. Schaub, Order Proposing Modification, 32 FCC Rcd 4797 (WTB MD 2017) (Order Proposing 
Modification).
2 See File No. 00077453998 (filed Apr. 20, 2017). 
3 See 47 CFR § 97.301(d).
4 E-mail from Amanda Grimaldi, Senior Volunteer Examiner Coordinator Representative, ARRL VEC, to Rebecca 
Williams et al. (June 6, 2017 12:02 p.m.).
5 See Order Proposing Modification, 32 FCC Rcd at 4798, para. 8.  
6 See 47 CFR § 1.87(g)(1).
7 See 47 CFR § 1.87(h).
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before us, we conclude that it is in the public interest to modify Schaub’s license for Station KB3YED by 
replacing General Class operator privileges with Technician Class operator privileges.
5. Conclusion and Ordering Clauses.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to sections 
4(i) and 316(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i), 316(a), and 
section 1.87 of Commission’s Rules, 47 CFR § 1.87, the license for Amateur Radio Service Station 
KB3YED BE MODIFIED by replacing General Class operator privileges with Technician Class operator 
privileges.
6. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order of Modification shall be sent by certified mail, 
return receipt requested, to Lester J. Schaub, 3152 Gracefield Rd. Apt MS107, Silver Spring, MD  20904. 
7. This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to sections 0.131 and 0.331 of the 
Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.131, 0.331.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Scot Stone
Deputy Chief, Mobility Division
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau