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SB QST @ ARL $ARLB048
ARLB048 Vanity play replies
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ARRL Bulletin 48 ARLB048
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT May 27, 1994
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB048
ARLB048 Vanity plan replies
Vanity plan replies
The ARRL has filed reply comments in the FCC's proposal to institute
a ''vanity'' call sign program (in PR Docket 93-305). The League said
that the vast majority of the 109 comments filed on the proposal
favored it, in general, with the major concerns being how to fairly
administer it.
There were fewer than five comments opposing the proposal and, while
they made what the League called ''thoughtful and important points,''
they did not seem to represent more than a small minority opinion.
The ARRL in its reply comments said that the issue of cost already
had been settled, in that amateurs themselves would pay for the
privilege of selecting a call sign.
Regarding Silent Key call signs, the League said that by giving
family members and clubs the first opportunity to apply for such
call signs, ''well known and respected'' amateurs' call signs could be
preserved.
The League said that a proposal by Frederick O. Maia, W5YI, to
establish a ''Vanity Call Sign Administration'' program in the private
sector, was not only not permitted within FCC's mandate from
Congress, but would be cumbersome and bureaucratic, while adding no
value for the applicant.
The League urged the Commission to proceed with a Report and Order
on the ''vanity'' call sign proposal, incorporating the minor
modifications suggested in the earlier ARRL comments.
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