The FCC systematically assigns call signs to new applicants, humans & clubs alike. If you want a vanity call, tou have to apply for the call and fight it out with the masses Google “vanity call prediction” and you’ll see a whole cottage industry around customer calls, strategies to obtain, and the “desirability” of a particular call. Wait, “desirability”? Thats a thing? Sure, in addition to personal preference, there’s this thing called “call weight’” - how long does it take to send the call via morse code? Or even just say the call these things matter if you're a serious contester.
In the old days, you simpler went to the FCC website, checked availability, and if the call was available, you paid a fee and you received a call within a few days. If multiple people wanted the same call, they held a drawing. Sometime within the last decade or so, the FCC implemented a mandatory 18-day waiting period. The waiting period was designed to even the odds for someone that might complete an application online or mail one in… anyway, our 18-day waiting period expired today
Our initial club call, KR4KIF, is now K4BLF.
(oh, as an aside, you can find the Bluffton radio club at www.blufftonradioclub.com *or* www.k4blf.com)
In the old days, you simpler went to the FCC website, checked availability, and if the call was available, you paid a fee and you received a call within a few days. If multiple people wanted the same call, they held a drawing. Sometime within the last decade or so, the FCC implemented a mandatory 18-day waiting period. The waiting period was designed to even the odds for someone that might complete an application online or mail one in… anyway, our 18-day waiting period expired today
Our initial club call, KR4KIF, is now K4BLF.
(oh, as an aside, you can find the Bluffton radio club at www.blufftonradioclub.com *or* www.k4blf.com)
