Associate Username to an Existing FRN
Associate Username to an Existing FRN provides guidance on how to link an existing FCC Registration Number (FRN) to your FCC Username Account.
Note: If you register an FRN while you are logged into CORES, the FRN is automatically associated to your username account. These instructions are meant for licensees and users wanting to link/associate an already existing FRN to their username.
Access CORES
Under the “Username Login”, enter your registered Username and Password. Then click “LOG IN”. See Figure 1 below. If you do not yet have an active FCC username, please select the option to ‘REGISTER’. You will be taken to the FCC User Registration System where you can register a username.
Figure 1: CORES Login Page
You will be prompted to request and enter a secondary authentication code. This code is sent to the email inbox for the username (and alternate email on the username account). See Figures 2 and 3 below.
Figure 2: Secondary Authentication Code Request
Figure 3: Secondary Authentication Code Input
In the main menu, select the option to “Associate Username to FRN” link. See Figure 4 below.
Figure 4: Main Menu
Enter the Existing FCC Registration Number (FRN) and a comment. Click “CONTINUE”. See Figure 5 below.
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.
Figure 5: FRN Association Start
This page (Figure 6 below) 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.
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 “Send a request to the FRN Administrator for association approval” radio button and click “SUBMIT”.
IMPORTANT NOTE: IF the FRN is not already 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. Additionally, 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 a PSQ does not exist for the FRN, you will not see the option to enter a PSQ response. In this case, please contact the FCC Licensing Support Hotline for assistance.
Figure 6: FRN Association Options
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) and links to other FCC systems. See Figure 7 below
If you select Option 3, you will be notified that a request is sent to the existing Admin(s) on the FRN. They will receive this notice through email and must log into CORES to approve the association.
Figure 7: Association Confirmation
To check the status of the request for approval to the FRN Administrator to associate the given FRN to your Username, select the ‘Manage Existing FRN(s)’ link in the main menu, then select ‘Manage FRNs’ option in the subsequent page.
Figure 8: Manage FRNs
Select 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. See Figure 9 below.
Figure 9: Manage FRNs - Association Requests