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- >I just moved to Oregon and I will soon be registering my car. I want my
- >callsign on my plates. Can I get my initial plates with the call or do I
- >have to get a set of regular plates first and change them later, like I
- >had to do in Washington?
-
- >Can the local DMV stations handle this or do I need to contact someone in
- >Salem? Whom do I contact?
-
- John,
-
- The ARRL Regulatory Information Branch may have more up-to-date info, but
- here is the latest file:
-
- The following information is from the ARRL Regulatory Information
- Branch files:
-
- This report was compiled from data given to ARRL HQ from ARRL
- State Government Liaison volunteers. If you know that any of this
- information is incomplete, a letter to the Regulatory Information
- Branch at ARRL HQ would be appreciated. Email sent to
- 2155052@mcimail.com Subject: "Attention RIB" will be printed
- and forwarded to the Regulatory Information Branch.
-
- NOTE: Most states require a copy of an FCC amateur license as well as
- proof that tax has been paid on the vehicle. They also require
- that the title is in the ham's name. The license fees, in most
- cases, are in addition to the usual registration fee.
-
- The asterisk indicates that the information is from 1986.
- All other information is current as of 1991.
-
- STATE INITIAL/RENEWAL FEE NOTES
-
- Alabama* $ 3/3
- Alaska* $ free/free General or above with 5 band
- capability
- $ 20/30 Novice or Technician
- Arizona $ 5/free
- Arkansas $ 2 private passenger vehicles and pickups
- only - October 1 deadline
- California $ 21/none
- Colorado $ 2/2
- Connecticut $12/Free Only issued for passenger, commercial,
- combination, camper or motorcycles
- Processing time-9 weeks
- Delaware* $ 10/free
- Florida $ 5.00/1.50
- (service fee) 2.50
- (postage fee) 1.30
- Georgia* $25/25 same cost as vanity plates
- Hawaii* $ 3.25/3.25
- Idaho $ 5/free
- Illinois $3/free Illinois residents over 65 can get
- plates at half cost--excludes amateur
- "Ham Radio" appears on plate
- Car, truck or motorcycle only
- If driver has ham tags, may legally
- use a headset
- special brochure available
- Indiana $ 2/2
- Iowa* $ 5/5
- Kansas $ 1/1 Passenger or trucks
- Same call sign/tag permitted on cars
- and trucks
- Kentucky* $ 25/25
- Louisiana $ 1/1
- Maine $ 15/15
- Maryland* $ 5/5
- Massachusetts $40/40 Ham tag fee is half way between
- regular plate registration of $20 and
- vanity plate fee of $70
- processing time is 3-4 months
- passenger vehicles only (law pending
- to include other types of vehicles
- Michigan $ 2/free Novice operators not eligible for ham
- plates
- Only people with ham tags eligible for
- a permit to own a ham rig capable of
- receiving police frequencies
- Minnesota $ 10/free
- Mississippi $15/
- Missouri $15/15 Affidavit required stating that
- Amateur holds an amateur license
- Montana $ 5/ SGL is state legislator
- Ham tags issued only to "conditional"
- tags expire Dec. 31
- Nebraska $9/5 Passenger, camper, or truck
- Processing time--4-6 weeks
- Nevada $25/free plus usual registration fee
- New Hampshire Plates not available in NH
- New Jersey $ 10/free more than one car can use a ham
- call (e.g. W2WEC-2)
- New Mexico* $ 3/3
- New York $11/5 More than one ham call can be used,
- but must be altered (KB1HQ-1)
- North Carolina $10/ Bills currently in House and Senate to
- raise the fee to $10.00 each year
- North Dakota $ Free/ Free
- Ohio* $ 5/free
- Oklahoma* $ 2.70/2.70
- Oregon* $ 5/free
- Pennsylvania $ 20/free request for multiple plates (WA3IAO-1)
- pending
- Rhode Island $ free
- South Carolina $ 1/1 Deadline: July 1 and plate is valid
- starting Nov. 31
- South Dakota* $ 2.50/2.50
- Tennessee* $ free/free
- Texas $ 2/1
- Utah $ 5/none
- Vermont* $15/15
- Virginia $ 1/1 Amateur equipment must be kept in the
- vehicle
- Washington $ 6/free
- West Virginia $ 5/ All plates expire July 1
- Wisconsin $10/free
- Wyoming* $ 4/4
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- Ed Hare, KA1CV ehare@arrl.org
- American Radio Relay League
- 225 Main St.
- Newington, CT 06111 There is no limit to what you can
- (203) 666-1541 - voice accomplish if you don't care who
- ARRL Laboratory Supervisor gets the credit. - Harry S Truman
- RFI, xmtr and rcvr testing
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