Vanity call sign wait

[gcopter1]

I've been looking at the FCC website, but can't find an answer to my question, from the date you submit a request to change your call sign to a vanity one, how long does it take to get a reply? Is this something the FCC does periodically or on a case by case basis?


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[KC4RAF]

See if the below listed website can help.

Length of time to get one will usually be a week to a month. Depends on if others are applying for that particular call sign and other factors.

RadioQTH Amateur Radio Vanity License Search

I used the above site to locate my sign, and it took the FCC about 3 to 4 weeks to assign it to me.
HTH,
73s
Roger

 

[gcopter1]

A month at the most?


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[W8RMH]

Mine took 18 days. I used a great site which is no longer around where you could see which sites were available.

 

[gcopter1]

Did a check, can't remember which site, and it said that the particular call sign I'm looking for is available and no one is claiming it. Hopefully it will be quick, as far as things get done in a bureaucracy goes...


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[charlie12]

I've heard it's 18 days. I got mine when the FCC was moving their database and it took longer.

 

[mancow]

Mine was just a few days or a week or so, not long.

 

[mancow]

Mine took 18 days. I used a great site which is no longer around where you could see which sites were available.

That's what I used. It made it super easy.

 

[KD8DVR]

I've heard it's 18 days. I got mine when the FCC was moving their database and it took longer.

There is a mandatory 18 day wait. That way, claims to the call sent by mail have a chance to get the call also. After that, the first one gets it, unless a former call holder, relative, etc applied for it.

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[LongRange308]

I applied for mine August 16th and received it September 2nd

 

[Seven-Delta-FortyOne]

I got mine in exactly 18 days.


Delta

 

[ko6jw_2]

Mine also took exactly 18 days. There are several stages in the process like several days for your payment to clear - no matter what the payment method. There are also checks to see that you don't have any legal impediments to licensing. It's a government agency and they will follow their protocols. I kept checking on line to follow the process. On the 18th day, just after midnight, my new call appeared.

 

[wrath]

You guys think waiting for a vanity call takes awhile, when I passed my exam it took 2 1/2 Months before our tickets arrived in the mail box and we could actually get on the air as a legal amateur, that was just torture.

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[N4DES]

Mine also took exactly 18 days. There are several stages in the process like several days for your payment to clear - no matter what the payment method. There are also checks to see that you don't have any legal impediments to licensing. It's a government agency and they will follow their protocols. I kept checking on line to follow the process. On the 18th day, just after midnight, my new call appeared.

FCC doesn't charge for vanity calls anymore, so that isn't the issue. The FCC does look for abusers of the vanity system, so that could be another hurdle that they do in the Red Light Review process.

 

[K2JK]

The FCC processing time is 18 days. An application submitted on the weekend is treated as if it was submitted on Monday.

 

[seawolfxix]

18 days

Check out AE7Q's Amateur Radio Database Query Tools

 

[AE7BF]

I just got mine this last Wednesday, took about twenty days (fcc rcvd 9/21 appd 10/12) and like @seawolfxix said above AE7Q's site does a great job, I only discovered it on 10/11.

Brandon
N6WBF

 

[gcopter1]

It took me 18, just like someone posted above.


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[AC2OY]

It took me 18, just like someone posted above.


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I like that call! That's a easy one to remember.😃

 

[SCPD]

Are ya gettin a vanity license plate too?It just says "hi.,Im a ham I have radios".
I would vote against that for obvious reasons.