I have a vanity call sign and I was one of the first ones to get a vanity
call when the extra gate was opened up by the FCC.  I mailed my paperwork
into the FCC on Friday and the FCC issued my new vanity call sign on
Monday.  I never heard of the FCC issueing a call sign that fast before. My
old call sign was AC4UN and I hated that call as people thought I had some
connection to the united nations.  So, I was happy to to get the vanity
call of W4HC.

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of John Miller
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 9:04 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Amateur Radio Vanity Callsign fees to be eliminated

I'm happy, now my wife will get a vanity callsign. kb1zwz is horrible.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Adams" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: Amateur Radio Vanity Callsign fees to be eliminated


> It does sound that way.  A friend passed it on to me and I thought that
> some guys on the list might be interested so I put it on the list.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of John Miller
> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 8:38 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Amateur Radio Vanity Callsign fees to be eliminated
>
> It's the same thing. If they're doing away with it for one they're doing
> away with it all together.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Adams" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 7:26 AM
> Subject: FW: Amateur Radio Vanity Callsign fees to be eliminated
>
>
>> Subject: RE: Amateur Radio Vanity Callsign fees to be eliminated (TCW)
>>
>> This is very interesting and not totally clear. There are two distinct
>> fees regarding Vanity Call Signs; the initial application fee and the
>> renewal fee. This NPRM clearly states that the application fees are to
>> be eliminated but it is not clear if the renewal fees are also to be
>> eliminated. There is no redundancy in fee collections for renewals as
>> there is for multiple applications for the same call sign. Time will
>> tell.