If you have an existing FRN, from the Legacy CORES system, before the FCC came up with the new username method, you can associate your existing FRN with a new or existing username. You have to do this to work within the current (new) system.
There are a few steps:
- Register or Login
Follow the steps below, or watch this video from the FCC. - Confirm Your Email
- Associate FRN
Follow the steps below, or watch this video from the FCC. - Optionally – Check the Status of the association.
Step 1 – Register or Login
The first step is to go to: https://apps.fcc.gov/cores
You will need to enter your username and password, then click “Log In” if you have a username and password already.
Otherwise you will need to register for an account. Click the “Register button to do so. If you already have a username and password, log in and then skip to Associate FRN.
You will see the registration screen.
Fill out the form.
Then click the “Create Account” button at the bottom.
You should then see the confirmation screen indicating that you have been sent an email.
Step 2 – Confirm Email Address
If you just registered a new username, you will need to check your email and find the email from the FCC. If you already confirmed your email address and just logged in, you can skip this step.
Click the link provided to confirm your account registration. You will then see that your email address has been confirmed.
Step 3 – Associate FRN
Once you are logged in, click on “Associate Username to FRN”.
Enter the Existing FCC Registration Number (FRN) and a comment. Note: The comment you provide will be visible to the FRN Administrator of the FRN, if the FRN already has an Administrator associated with it, so that he or she can decide whether to grant your FRN Association Request. An Administrator can assign/approve permission levels for an FRN to other users. If the FRN does not have an Administrator yet, then the comment will only be visible to you and saved for your records. Click “CONTINUE”.
The next page gives you options on how to associate the FRN to your Username: entering the Password for the FCC Registration Number (FRN) or sending a request to the FRN Administrator for association approval. If the FRN has a Personal Security Question (PSQ) set, you may also enter the PSQ response. See Figure 4 below.
Option 1: Select the “Yes. Here is the password:” radio button, type in the Password for the FRN, and click “SUBMIT”.
Option 2: Select the “Or, enter the answer to the Personal Security Question, “[PSQ]”: radio button, type in the PSQ response, and click “SUBMIT”.
Option 3: Select the “No. Send a request to the FRN Administrator for association approval” radio button and click “SUBMIT”.
Note: IF the FRN has not been associated with another Username, it will not have an Administrator. IF you choose Option 3 and an Administrator does not exist, you will receive an error message.
Note: If the FRN was registered through the updated CORES system, then a request will automatically be sent to the FRN Administrator for association approval. You will not be prompted to enter the PSQ response or FRN password.
If selecting Option 1 or Option 2 you will be directed to the Associate User to FRN Confirmation page. This page confirms that you have successfully associated your Username to an existing FCC Registration Number (FRN).
If selecting Option 3, you will be directed to the Associate User to FRN Confirmation page. This page confirms that you have successfully sent a request for approval to the FRN Administrator to associate the given FRN to your Username. A notification email will be sent to you when the FRN Administrator decides within CORES whether to grant this FRN association request; you can check the status in the “FRN Association Requests” tab in CORES.
Check Status of Request
In order to check the status of the request for approval to the FRN Administrator to associate the given FRN to your Username, click the “Manage FRN(s)” link.
Click the “Manage Existing FRN(s)” link.
Click the “FRN Association Requests” tab, where you can view the status of your request and cancel or “Remove FRN Association Request” if you choose to do so.
