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ARLB031 ARRL Vanity call proposal

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ARRL Bulletin 31  ARLB031
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  April 11, 1994
To all radio amateurs

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ARLB031 ARRL Vanity call proposal

ARRL Develops Position in ''Vanity'' Call Sign Proposal

On April 9, the League's Executive Committee approved the
recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on Preferred Call Signs in
preparation for the ARRL's filing of formal comments in PR Docket
93-305, the FCC's ''Vanity'' call sign proposal.  The recommendations
were based on membership input solicited by the committee.

The committee feels that all amateurs should be eligible for
participation in the program. A phase-in period and priority system
of ''gates'' should be adopted to allow the Commission relief from the
administrative burden expected from the heavy initial submission of
applications, and to afford licensees the opportunity to regain lost
call signs. Included in the first ''gate'' would be those who wish to
obtain the call sign of a direct family member. Clubs with lapsed
club licenses and call signs should be allowed to recoup those call
signs in the first priority group. The second gate in the priority
system would be opened to Extra Class licensees; a priority third
gate would be opened to Advanced Class licensees.

The League will recommend that 1 X 1 call signs, such as K2A, be
made available for limited duration special events of national
significance.

A copy of the committee's complete report is available for an SASE
from the Regulatory Information Branch at League Headquarters, and
on electronic services including CompuServe, America On Line,
Prodigy, and the ARRL Bulletin Board.  It is also available by
e-mail from infoarrl.org, or by FTP from oak.oakland.edu. The file
name is ''93-305.rpt.''
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