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FCC Regulations - Part 97 Amateur Radio Service
[Effective Oct 1, 2006.]
Subpart A General Provisions
Sec. 97.19 Application for a vanity call sign.
(a) The person named in an operator/primary station license grant or
in a club station license grant is eligible to make application for
modification of the license grant, or the renewal thereof, to show a
call sign selected by the
vanity call sign system. RACES and military recreation stations are not
eligible for a vanity call sign.
(b) Each application for a modification of an operator/primary or
club station license grant, or the renewal thereof, to show a call sign
selected by the vanity call sign system must be filed in accordance with
(c) Unassigned call signs are available to the vanity call sign
system with the following exceptions:
(1) A call sign shown on an expired license grant is not available
to the vanity call sign system for 2 years following the expiration of
the license.
(2) A call sign shown on a surrendered, revoked, set aside,
canceled, or voided license grant is not available to the vanity call
sign system for 2 years following the date such action is taken.
(3) Except for an applicant who is the spouse, child, grandchild,
stepchild, parent, grandparent, stepparent, brother, sister,
stepbrother, stepsister, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, or in-law, and
except for an applicant who is a club station license trustee acting
with the written consent of at least one relative, as listed above, of a
person now deceased, the call sign shown on the license of person now
deceased is not available to the vanity call sign system for 2 years
following the person's death, or for 2 years following the expiration of
the license grant, whichever is sooner.
(d) The vanity call sign requested by an applicant must be selected
from the group of call signs corresponding to the same or lower class of
operator license held by the applicant as designated in the sequential
call sign system.
(1) The applicant must request that the call sign shown on the
license grant be vacated and provide a list of up to 25 call signs in
order of preference.
(2) The first assignable call sign from the applicant's list will be
shown on the license grant. When none of those call signs are
assignable, the call sign vacated by the applicant will be shown on the
license grant.
(3) Vanity call signs will be selected from those call signs
assignable at the time the application is processed by the FCC.
(4) A call sign designated under the sequential call sign system for
Alaska, Hawaii, Caribbean Insular Areas, and Pacific Insular areas will
be assigned only to a primary or club station whose licensee's mailing
address is in the corresponding state, commonwealth, or island. This
limitation does not apply to an applicant for the call sign as the
spouse, child, grandchild, stepchild, parent, grandparent, stepparent,
brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, or
in-law, of the former holder now deceased.
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