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The FCC in the U.S. discontinued its fee for vanity call sign applications in September 2015. [ 4 ] In the US, the Federal Communications Commission's authority to impose and collect fees is mandated by Congress.
For instance, a newly licensed Technician from New England would receive a call sign of the form KC1xxx. The amateur may thereafter apply for a specific or specialized call sign under the Vanity Licensing program. Approximately 88% of all amateur radio operators have call signs that reflect the district in which those operators live. [25]
Some jurisdictions require a fee to obtain such a vanity call sign; in others, such as the UK, a fee is not required and the vanity call sign may be selected when the license is applied for. The FCC in the U.S. discontinued its fee for vanity call sign applications in September 2015, but replaced it as $35 in 2022. [55]
Subpart A contains fifteen sections, numbered 97.1–29. Subpart A defines a number of terms relevant to the provisions of Part 97 and establishes the amateur service as a "voluntary, noncommercial communications service" devoted to advancement of the amateur art, the skills associated with it, and the international goodwill that it brings, especially wi
US Amateur Extra Class Licenses. United States licensed stations are required to carry and provide upon request: A US passport; A copy of the 2009 FCC CEPT notice; [6] and, A valid FCC amateur radio license. In Canada, "the Minister of Industry has delegated Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) to issue CEPT permits for Canadian licensed stations." [3]
The FCC has since extended K-prefixed translator call signs on channels 7 and 13 to three-letter suffixes; what is now KMNF-LD operated briefly under the six-character call sign K13AAR-D in 2018, [18] and was later granted a channel 7 construction permit with call sign K07AAH-D before changing to its current sign.
Back prior to the reconstituted vanity call sign program, in the days of 6 license classes, the days of 4 groups of callsigns, or further back in the days of enforced call sign changes when you changed districts, I might be convinced to go along with you guys. Now, no way. In 2007, unless you pass all three elements at one sitting and get a ...
Radio call signs are a globally unique identifier assigned to all stations that are required to obtain a license in order to emit RF energy. The identifiers consist of from 3 to 9 letters and digits, and while the basic format of the call signs are specified by the ITU-R Radio Regulations, Article 19, Identification of stations, [5] the details are left up to each country's radio licensing ...