Federal Communications Commission DA 17-931
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
PAUL D. STUDER
Licensee of Amateur Service Station KK4RPI
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ORDER OF MODIFICATION
Adopted:  September 25, 2017 Released:  September 26, 2017
By the Deputy Chief, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:
1. Introduction.  In this Order of Modification, we modify the operator privileges of Paul D. 
Studer (Studer), licensee of Amateur Radio Service Station KK4RPI, by replacing Amateur Extra Class 
operator privileges with General Class operator privileges.  As explained below, we take this action 
pursuant to an earlier order proposing to modify Studer’s license.1
2. Background.  On April 10, 2017, the Western Carolina Amateur Radio Society Volunteer-
Examiner Coordinator (WCARS VEC) sent an electronic data file to the Commission requesting that 
Studer’s operator license for amateur Station KK4RPI be modified to upgrade from General Class to 
Amateur Extra Class amateur radio operator privileges.2 Based on this application, the Commission 
granted Studer an Amateur Extra Class amateur service operator license on April 10, 2017.  This license 
authorizes Studer to be the control operator of an amateur station transmitting on frequency bands 
authorized by section 97.301(b) of our rules.3  
3. On July 21, 2017, WCARS VEC notified the Commission that it had made an error in the 
April 10, 2017, data file and that Studer had not qualified for an Amateur Extra Class operator license.  
Therefore, WCARS VEC urged us to modify Studer’s license to correct the operator privileges 
authorized.  Consequently, we proposed to modify the license for Station KK4RPI to show General Class 
operator privileges.4
4. Discussion.  The Order Proposing Modification was released on July 26, 2017.  Studer did 
not protest the proposed modification of his license within the requisite thirty-day time frame.5  
Accordingly, Studer is deemed to have consented to the proposed modification.6 Based on the record 
before us, we conclude that it is in the public interest to modify Studer’s license for Station KK4RPI by 
replacing Amateur Extra Class operator privileges with General Class operator privileges.
  
1 See Paul D. Studer, Order Proposing Modification, 32 FCC Rcd 5774 (WTB MD 2017) (Order Proposing 
Modification).
2 See File No. 0007732027 (filed Apr. 10, 2017). 
3 See 47 CFR § 97.301(b).
4 See Order Proposing Modification, 32 FCC Rcd at 5775, para. 8.  
5 See 47 CFR § 1.87(g)(1).
6 See 47 CFR § 1.87(h).
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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 
KK4RPI BE MODIFIED by replacing Amateur Extra Class operator privileges with General Class 
operator privileges.
6. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order of Modification shall be sent by certified mail, 
return receipt requested, to Paul D. Studer, 120 Eastside Ln., Rock Island, TN  38581-3717. 
7. This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to sections 0.131 and 0.331 of the 
Commission’s Rules, 47 CFR §§ 0.131, 0.331.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Scot Stone
Deputy Chief, Mobility Division
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau