Subj : Vanity Callsigns (C)
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Dec 16 2016 12:05 am

CALLSIGNS NOT AVAILABLE FOR VANITY CALLSIGNS:
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According to the FCC's Vanity web page on Call Sign Availability, a call
sign is normally assignable two years following license expiration,
surrender, revocation, set aside, cancellation, void ab initio, or death
of the grantee. However, there are exceptions to this two year waiting
period. Please see "FCC Rules" section below.

Where a vanity call sign for which the most recent recipient was
ineligible is surrendered, cancelled, revoked or voided, the two-year
requirement does not apply.

Refer to the Sequential Call Sign System for how call signs are
sequentially assigned and the grouping and geographic region attributes
of each call sign.

The following call signs are not available for assignment:

 1.  KA2AA-KA9ZZ, KC4AAA-KC4AAF, KC4USA-KC4USZ, KG4AA-KG4ZZ, 
     KC6AA-KC6ZZ, KL9KAA- KL9KHZ, KX6AA-KX6ZZ;

 2.  Any call sign having the letters SOS or QRA-QUZ as the suffix;

 3.  Any call sign having the letters AM-AZ as the prefix (these
     prefixes are assigned to other countries by the ITU);

 4.  Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letter X as the first letter
     of the suffix;

 5.  Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letters AF, KF, NF, or WF as
     the prefix and the letters EMA as the suffix (U.S Government FEMA
     stations);

 6.  Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letters AA-AL as the prefix;

 7.  Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letters NA-NZ as the prefix;

 8.  Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letters WC, WK, WM, WR, or WT
     as the prefix (Group X call signs);

 9.  Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letters KP, NP or WP as the
     prefix and the numeral 0, 6, 7, 8 or 9;

10.  Any 2-by-2 format call sign having the letters KP, NP or WP as the
     prefix and the numeral 0, 6, 7, 8 or 9;

11.  Any 2-by-1 format call sign having the letters KP, NP or WP as the
     prefix and the numeral 0, 6, 7, 8 or 9;

12.  Call signs having the single letter prefix (K, N or W), a single
     digit numeral 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and a single letter suffix
     are reserved for the special event call sign system. 

Even when a call sign does not appear on the FCC database, it may not be
available for assignment.


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