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Colin9690

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I'm new to scanning can anyone tell me what a call sign is thanks ...
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A call sign is assigned by the Federal Communications Commission. A call sign is unique to a station (i.e. No 2 are alike). A Radio station usually transmits their call sign every 30 minutes by FCC law. Basically its only use is for station identification.
 
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