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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio_licensing_in_the_United_States
Look at the subcategory "call signs" on this wiki page and you have your answer.
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Look at the subcategory "call signs" on this wiki page and you have your answer.
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Neither of those call signs are currently assigned. You'd need to get yourself a sequential call sign and then apply for a vanity call sign and ask for one of those.
Technician class licensees under the FCC callsign procedures can only get Group 3 (1 by 3) or Group 4 callsigns (2 by 3). Assuming KG1LFD is still available, you could apply for it as a vanity callsign. When the FCC processes your license application, they will issue you the next available callsign in the sequential callsign system. You could then apply for KG1LFD.
KG1FD is a Group 2 (2 by 2 starting with K, N, or W) callsign and is only available to those with an Advanced license or higher.
KG1FD is a Group 2 (2 by 2 starting with K, N, or W) callsign and is only available to those with an Advanced license or higher.
I haven't took the 35 question test yet. In the ARRL exam prep book it says when I go to take the test and pass I could put a call sign that I want on the documentation. And isn't the vanity call sign a custom call sign that you can get after you already have a normal callsign given by the FCC?
I don't believe you can select a callsign when you take the test for your first license. Since you don't currently have a license, I believe your only option is to accept the callsign that the FCC will issue you from the sequential callsign system. After you are in their system, then you can request a vanity callsign.
More information about getting licensed can be found here:
Getting Licensed
Information from the FCC about the sequential callsign system can be found here:
FCC: Wireless Services: Amateur Radio Service: Call Sign Systems: Sequential
More information about getting licensed can be found here:
Getting Licensed
Information from the FCC about the sequential callsign system can be found here:
FCC: Wireless Services: Amateur Radio Service: Call Sign Systems: Sequential
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W9BU is correct. You will have to get whatever callsign the FCC assigns you and then change that one to a vanity.
Vanity Call Signs
Gunnar_Guy
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The NCVEC form 605 has a box for your current call sign if you have one. That's not used to select one. When you pass you will get an FRN in the FCC ULS system and sequentially assigned call sign initially, after which you can apply for a vanity call sign. W9BU is also correct, a 2x2 (KG1FD) is not available to you until you become an Extra class in the current licensing, but you'd be eligible for the other (KG1LFD) as a Tech.
The only exam-time question I can think of would be when you take the Extra test they give you the option of keeping your current call sign or getting a newly assigned sequential one from the group 2 pool, which is what mine happens to be. I was originally KC0PEG and decided to get the next 2x2, so I'm now AC0VH.
Good luck on the test!
How long will it take to get the vanity callsign after I request it?
From a very good summary on Vanity Callsigns
Here some facts about the timeline for application processing:
Vanity applications are usually processed on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
Applications received on Monday are processed on Friday, 18 days later.
Applications received on Tuesday are processed on Saturday, 18 days later.
Applications received on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday are processed on Tuesday, 18 days after the Friday date.
Holidays occuring between the received date and the processed date don't seem to change the schedule. However, Monday holidays cause the Tuesday processing to be a day late.
Applications filed on Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday are marked "received" and date stamped the next business day. Applications are processed as a batch job in the early morning hours while the ULS system is off-line. If the batch job fails it may cause grants to be delayed.
Here some facts about the timeline for application processing:
Vanity applications are usually processed on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
Applications received on Monday are processed on Friday, 18 days later.
Applications received on Tuesday are processed on Saturday, 18 days later.
Applications received on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday are processed on Tuesday, 18 days after the Friday date.
Holidays occuring between the received date and the processed date don't seem to change the schedule. However, Monday holidays cause the Tuesday processing to be a day late.
Applications filed on Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday are marked "received" and date stamped the next business day. Applications are processed as a batch job in the early morning hours while the ULS system is off-line. If the batch job fails it may cause grants to be delayed.
You are saying after they review the call sign and say yes I will get the new callsign in 18 days?
Gunnar_Guy
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Yes, they are not quick about vanity calls signs. They are done in batches based on application date. The 18 days is a minimum and you must already be in the ULS when receipt of the application. So you have to wait a week or so after passing the test for the license to show in the database before you apply.
Ok thanks
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N0IU
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18 days is not quick???
Is this where I get to tell the story about how I applied for my vanity call the weekend after Thanksgiving of 1996 and did not get this callsign until February 12, 1997?
At least I didn't have to walk up hill both ways through a raging snow storm to an FCC Field Office to get this call!
AC2OY
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Hello Sam greetings from Belleville NJ here! Good luck on your exam!! I look foward to finding you on one of the local machines once you get your ticket. Question did you already join a club and if so which one? Feel free to PM me with any questions about anything. If I can help you I can. My name is Michael and I'm across the river in Belleville so...we're close as far as QTH's go.
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I'd like to see a page reference for where you saw this..
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