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

FCC RULES FOR VANITY CALLSIGNS:
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Exceptions to the Two Year Waiting Period
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Former Holders of the Call Sign:
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A former holder of the call sign is exempt from the general rule that a
call sign shown on an expired, surrendered, revoked, set aside, canceled
or voided license is unavailable to the vanity call sign system for two
years.

"Close Relatives" of the Licensee:

The term "in-law" includes ONLY a parent, step-parent, sibling, or
step-sibling of a licensees spouse; and the spouse of a licensees
sibling, step-sibling, child, or stepchild; or the spouse of a
licensees spouses sibling or step-sibling. The other "close relatives" are
the deceased former holders spouse, children, grandchildren, stepchildren, 
parents, grandparents, stepparents, brothers, sisters, stepbrothers,
stepsisters, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

"In Memoriam" Call Signs:

One exception to the two year waiting period applies to licenses for club
stations who request the call sign of a deceased licensee when the club
station trustee has the written consent of a close relative of the deceased.
The FCC codified that the decedents club membership need not be current at
the time of his or her death, as long as the decedent was a bona fide
member of the club at some time during his or her life.

Availability of Call Signs Assigned to Stations of Deceased Licensees:
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The FCC has codified that a signed request for license cancellation
accompanied by a copy of a death certificate, an obituary or data 
from the Social Security Death Index [SSDI] that shows the date of 
death is necessary to cancel the license of a deceased amateur.
The FCC clarified the rules to provide that the two year waiting period 
starts on the licensees date of death.

A call sign that is canceled due to the death of a licensee more than
two years earlier, or within 30 days before the second anniversary of 
the licensees death, will remain unavailable to the vanity call sign 
system for 30 days following the date the staff takes action to cancel 
the license.

Ineligible Applicants:
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When 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; however, the call sign will not be made available to the 
vanity call sign system for 30 days after information regarding the 
acknowledgement or determination of ineligibility is posted to the license 
in the Commission's licensing system.    

Fees:
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Effective Sept. 3, 2015, there is no longer a fee required for a vanity
callsign.

TIME INTERVAL BETWEEN APPLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
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There is normally a 21 day waiting period from the time your application
for a vanity callsign is submitted, to when it is granted...but that date
may change, especially around a holiday period. If you change the status
of the callsign during this time, or decide to apply for a different one,
the waiting period starts all over again.

Once your new vanity callsign shows up in the FCC ULS, your previous
callsign is NO LONGER VALID, and it can NO LONGER BE USED on the air.


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