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Hi All, My call (W7AQK) is designated as a vanity call even though it is the original call assigned to me back in 1955. Under past FCC rules, I had to give it up when I moved to a different call area. That actually happened twice! The first time I reacquired this call it cost me nothing! FCC just reassigned it to me as a previous holder. However, in the early 90’s, when I decided I wanted my original call again, and I was again in the 7th call district, I had to do so under the vanity program, and pay extra for it too! Even renewals were subject to a special fee! Now that has changed, thankfully. However, I still somewhat resent the fact that my call is considered a vanity call, even though I am a previous holder of it, and also that, at one time, I would have been reissued this call by “rights”. While I’m grousing about “vanity” issues, our Arizona Department of Transportation allows me to have a “vanity” license plate with my call on it. I pay an extra $25 for that, presumably to cover the cost of special processing. However, I have to pay that same $25 every time I renew! Why??? It doesn’t cost them anything extra once the plate has been made and issued!!! Seems a bit unfair to me! Dave W7AQK ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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In Virginia it’s not a vanity plate and only costs one dollar more than regular plates.
Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Jul 16, 2018, at 9:30 AM, dyarnes <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > My call (W7AQK) is designated as a vanity call even though it is the original call assigned to me back in 1955. Under past FCC rules, I had to give it up when I moved to a different call area. That actually happened twice! The first time I reacquired this call it cost me nothing! FCC just reassigned it to me as a previous holder. However, in the early 90’s, when I decided I wanted my original call again, and I was again in the 7th call district, I had to do so under the vanity program, and pay extra for it too! Even renewals were subject to a special fee! Now that has changed, thankfully. However, I still somewhat resent the fact that my call is considered a vanity call, even though I am a previous holder of it, and also that, at one time, I would have been reissued this call by “rights”. > > While I’m grousing about “vanity” issues, our Arizona Department of Transportation allows me to have a “vanity” license plate with my call on it. I pay an extra $25 for that, presumably to cover the cost of special processing. However, I have to pay that same $25 every time I renew! Why??? It doesn’t cost them anything extra once the plate has been made and issued!!! Seems a bit unfair to me! > > Dave W7AQK > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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In PA the Amateur Radio plate is $25. Prior to our current administration
taking office, a "regular" vanity plate (of which I have one also) cost the same $25 but now it costs $80. So being a ham has some benefits. :) On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 11:49 AM Nr4c <[hidden email]> wrote: > In Virginia it’s not a vanity plate and only costs one dollar more than > regular plates. > > Sent from my iPhone > ...nr4c. bill > > > > On Jul 16, 2018, at 9:30 AM, dyarnes <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > My call (W7AQK) is designated as a vanity call even though it is the > original call assigned to me back in 1955. Under past FCC rules, I had to > give it up when I moved to a different call area. That actually happened > twice! The first time I reacquired this call it cost me nothing! FCC just > reassigned it to me as a previous holder. However, in the early 90’s, when > I decided I wanted my original call again, and I was again in the 7th call > district, I had to do so under the vanity program, and pay extra for it > too! Even renewals were subject to a special fee! Now that has changed, > thankfully. However, I still somewhat resent the fact that my call is > considered a vanity call, even though I am a previous holder of it, and > also that, at one time, I would have been reissued this call by “rights”. > > > > While I’m grousing about “vanity” issues, our Arizona Department of > Transportation allows me to have a “vanity” license plate with my call on > it. I pay an extra $25 for that, presumably to cover the cost of special > processing. However, I have to pay that same $25 every time I renew! > Why??? It doesn’t cost them anything extra once the plate has been made > and issued!!! Seems a bit unfair to me! > > > > Dave W7AQK > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to [hidden email] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] -- 72, Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 Northampton County RACES, EPA-ARRL Public Information Officer for Scouting Latitude: 40.761621 Longitude: -75.288988 (40°45.68' N 75°17.33' W) Grid: *FN20is* ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Yes, and I have TWO of them here in Virginia.
One says K3ICH and the other one is K31CH. They don't know ham calls at the DMV (HI). 73, Charlie k3ICH -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]> On Behalf Of Nr4c Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 11:49 AM To: dyarnes <[hidden email]> Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[hidden email]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Vanity Calls In Virginia it’s not a vanity plate and only costs one dollar more than regular plates. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Jul 16, 2018, at 9:30 AM, dyarnes <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > My call (W7AQK) is designated as a vanity call even though it is the original call assigned to me back in 1955. Under past FCC rules, I had to give it up when I moved to a different call area. That actually happened twice! The first time I reacquired this call it cost me nothing! FCC just reassigned it to me as a previous holder. However, in the early 90’s, when I decided I wanted my original call again, and I was again in the 7th call district, I had to do so under the vanity program, and pay extra for it too! Even renewals were subject to a special fee! Now that has changed, thankfully. However, I still somewhat resent the fact that my call is considered a vanity call, even though I am a previous holder of it, and also that, at one time, I would have been reissued this call by “rights”. > > While I’m grousing about “vanity” issues, our Arizona Department of Transportation allows me to have a “vanity” license plate with my call on it. I pay an extra $25 for that, presumably to cover the cost of special processing. However, I have to pay that same $25 every time I renew! Why??? It doesn’t cost them anything extra once the plate has been made and issued!!! Seems a bit unfair to me! > > Dave W7AQK > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to > [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Our less-than-formal ham club - The Lupton Downs Amateur Radio Club - was pleased to obtain our club callsign, W6NAG.
Sounds pretty good on CW too. -- Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - "It's about DX!" > On Jul 16, 2018, at 2:37 PM, EricJ <[hidden email]> wrote: > > A urologist in my town had "PPMD" on his Porsche about 40 years ago. Long ago retired. > > Eric KE6US (not vanity) > > >> On 7/16/2018 2:28 PM, Rick WA6NHC wrote: >> My all time favorite is still "4X4X8" >> >> It was on a Honda Accord... >> >> (the measurements of "a 'cord'" of firewood). >> >> In the far distant past, the plate on a Datsun read "Dashes"... CW op obviously >> >> Rick nhc >> >> >>> On 7/16/2018 12:41 PM, Jeff Stai wrote: >>> Years ago I was working with a catering dept at a hotel to set up a >>> conference. I met the new manager named Kate, and it was decided to >>> continue the meeting over lunch. We walked to where her car was parked and >>> I noticed her Ohio license plate: K8WYT. I asked, "Oh, are you an amateur >>> radio operator?" She said, "No. That's me. Kate White." >>> >>> 73 jeff wk6i >>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Jim - N4ST <[hidden email]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Years ago, during the 70's gas rationing in Maryland, I found I could get >>>> gas on either odd or even days with my AA3O license plate. >>>> ____________ >>>> 73, >>>> Jim - N4ST >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]> >>>> On Behalf Of Rose >>>> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 12:56 >>>> To: Elecraft Reflector <[hidden email]> >>>> Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Call letter license plate trivia >>>> >>>> Montana has a $25 vanity plate fee, regardless of what the plate "says", >>>> -but- ham radio plates are exempt. >>>> >>>> BUT … I had a very difficult time convincing the local county folks that >>>> my "K0PP" plates were -not- the usual vanity plate they were used to >>>> issuing. It took a 200 mile trip to the state motor vehicle office with a >>>> copy of the Callbook and the FCC Part 97 in hand to get the matter resolved. >>>> >>>> At the time the prison tag shop foreman was a ham. They had no slant zero >>>> die and he made my first plate by hand with a strip of tape across a zero. >>>> He told me I was the first "zero" plate they had made … the die they >>>> subsequently purchased cost $97. >>>> >>>> Montana renews a plate with an adhesive expiration date sticker and does >>>> not issue a new plate each year. >>>> >>>> 73! >>>> >>>> Ken Kopp - K0PP >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> Elecraft mailing list >>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>>> Post: mailto:[hidden email] >>>> >>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>>> Message delivered to [hidden email] >>>> >>> >>> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[hidden email] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [hidden email] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] -- Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - "It's about DX!" > On Jul 16, 2018, at 11:15 AM, Charlie T <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Yes, and I have TWO of them here in Virginia. > One says K3ICH and the other one is K31CH. > They don't know ham calls at the DMV (HI). > > 73, Charlie k3ICH > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]> On Behalf Of Nr4c > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 11:49 AM > To: dyarnes <[hidden email]> > Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[hidden email]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Vanity Calls > > In Virginia it’s not a vanity plate and only costs one dollar more than regular plates. > > Sent from my iPhone > ...nr4c. bill > > >> On Jul 16, 2018, at 9:30 AM, dyarnes <[hidden email]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi All, >> >> My call (W7AQK) is designated as a vanity call even though it is the original call assigned to me back in 1955. Under past FCC rules, I had to give it up when I moved to a different call area. That actually happened twice! The first time I reacquired this call it cost me nothing! FCC just reassigned it to me as a previous holder. However, in the early 90’s, when I decided I wanted my original call again, and I was again in the 7th call district, I had to do so under the vanity program, and pay extra for it too! Even renewals were subject to a special fee! Now that has changed, thankfully. However, I still somewhat resent the fact that my call is considered a vanity call, even though I am a previous holder of it, and also that, at one time, I would have been reissued this call by “rights”. >> >> While I’m grousing about “vanity” issues, our Arizona Department of Transportation allows me to have a “vanity” license plate with my call on it. I pay an extra $25 for that, presumably to cover the cost of special processing. However, I have to pay that same $25 every time I renew! Why??? It doesn’t cost them anything extra once the plate has been made and issued!!! Seems a bit unfair to me! >> >> Dave W7AQK >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[hidden email] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email >> list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to >> [hidden email] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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On 7/16/2018 11:15 AM, Charlie T wrote:
> Yes, and I have TWO of them here in Virginia. > One says K3ICH and the other one is K31CH. > They don't know ham calls at the DMV (HI). In both CA and OR where I have had ham plates, it was necessary to submit a copy of my ham license showing the requested call sign as part of the application. 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Ditto for Washington State — copy of FCC license required to get call sign plate. But, at least in WA state, the plate is not considered a vanity plate so you don’t need to pay the premium charge for a vanity plate.
73, phil, K7PEH Kirkland > On Jul 17, 2018, at 4:14 PM, Phil Kane <[hidden email]> wrote: > > On 7/16/2018 11:15 AM, Charlie T wrote: > >> Yes, and I have TWO of them here in Virginia. >> One says K3ICH and the other one is K31CH. >> They don't know ham calls at the DMV (HI). > > In both CA and OR where I have had ham plates, it was necessary to > submit a copy of my ham license showing the requested call sign as part > of the application. > > 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane > Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 > > From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest > Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Same here in Minnesota... BUT! Motorcycle vanity plates are available,
but Motorcycle ham plates are not. Emails to congressmen on the DMV committee have been ignored. Maybe I should try the Governor? -John NI0K > Phil Hystad via Elecraft <mailto:[hidden email]> > Tuesday, July 17, 2018 7:47 PM > Ditto for Washington State — copy of FCC license required to get call > sign plate. But, at least in WA state, the plate is not considered a > vanity plate so you don’t need to pay the premium charge for a vanity > plate. > > 73, phil, K7PEH > Kirkland > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > Phil Kane <mailto:[hidden email]> > Tuesday, July 17, 2018 6:14 PM > > In both CA and OR where I have had ham plates, it was necessary to > submit a copy of my ham license showing the requested call sign as part > of the application. > > 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane > Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 > > From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest > Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > Charlie T <mailto:[hidden email]> > Monday, July 16, 2018 1:15 PM > Yes, and I have TWO of them here in Virginia. > One says K3ICH and the other one is K31CH. > They don't know ham calls at the DMV (HI). > > 73, Charlie k3ICH > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [hidden email] > <[hidden email]> On Behalf Of Nr4c > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 11:49 AM > To: dyarnes <[hidden email]> > Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[hidden email]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Vanity Calls > > In Virginia it’s not a vanity plate and only costs one dollar more > than regular plates. > > Sent from my iPhone > ...nr4c. bill > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > Nr4c <mailto:[hidden email]> > Monday, July 16, 2018 10:49 AM > In Virginia it’s not a vanity plate and only costs one dollar more > than regular plates. > > Sent from my iPhone > ...nr4c. bill > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > dyarnes <mailto:[hidden email]> > Monday, July 16, 2018 8:30 AM > > Hi All, > > My call (W7AQK) is designated as a vanity call even though it is the > original call assigned to me back in 1955. Under past FCC rules, I had > to give it up when I moved to a different call area. That actually > happened twice! The first time I reacquired this call it cost me > nothing! FCC just reassigned it to me as a previous holder. However, > in the early 90’s, when I decided I wanted my original call again, and > I was again in the 7th call district, I had to do so under the vanity > program, and pay extra for it too! Even renewals were subject to a > special fee! Now that has changed, thankfully. However, I still > somewhat resent the fact that my call is considered a vanity call, > even though I am a previous holder of it, and also that, at one time, > I would have been reissued this call by “rights”. > > While I’m grousing about “vanity” issues, our Arizona Department of > Transportation allows me to have a “vanity” license plate with my call > on it. I pay an extra $25 for that, presumably to cover the cost of > special processing. However, I have to pay that same $25 every time I > renew! Why??? It doesn’t cost them anything extra once the plate has > been made and issued!!! Seems a bit unfair to me! > > Dave W7AQK > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Same procedure in TN. Call plate obtained with amateur license at regular price.
Bob, K4TAX Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 17, 2018, at 7:47 PM, Phil Hystad via Elecraft <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Ditto for Washington State — copy of FCC license required to get call sign plate. But, at least in WA state, the plate is not considered a vanity plate so you don’t need to pay the premium charge for a vanity plate. > > 73, phil, K7PEH > Kirkland > >> On Jul 17, 2018, at 4:14 PM, Phil Kane <[hidden email]> wrote: >> >> On 7/16/2018 11:15 AM, Charlie T wrote: >> >>> Yes, and I have TWO of them here in Virginia. >>> One says K3ICH and the other one is K31CH. >>> They don't know ham calls at the DMV (HI). >> >> In both CA and OR where I have had ham plates, it was necessary to >> submit a copy of my ham license showing the requested call sign as part >> of the application. >> >> 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane >> Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 >> >> From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest >> Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[hidden email] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [hidden email] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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On 7/17/2018 5:51 PM, John Simmons wrote:
> Same here in Minnesota... BUT! Motorcycle vanity plates are available, > but Motorcycle ham plates are not. Emails to congressmen on the DMV > committee have been ignored. Maybe I should try the Governor? About 25 years ago I tried to assist a California ham in his effort to get his call sign on a "special series" plate (as contrasted to a "plain vanilla" plate) after DMV rejected it. I happened to have a personal link to the state senator who was the chair of the committee overseeing the DMV. His staff assistant looked into it and related that the DMV computer was so old that it could not be reprogrammed in the field to permit this, and that the funding for the new computer was circulating somewhere in Legislative Limbo. I love(d) California but there are limits... :) 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane ARRL Volunteer Counsel From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Indeed, went through exactly the same process in CA a number of years
ago. Ham tags in CA are not vanity tags, they've been around pretty much as long as I've been a ham, back when all tags came in one flavor ... black with yellow letters. When vanity tags came along, they got their own field in the file for the type code, and you couldn't be a ham and a vanity at the same time. At that time, DMV's system was coded in COBOL and ran on a TRS80, I think. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 7/18/2018 11:51 AM, Phil Kane wrote: > About 25 years ago I tried to assist a California ham in his effort to > get his call sign on a "special series" plate (as contrasted to a "plain > vanilla" plate) after DMV rejected it. I happened to have a personal > link to the state senator who was the chair of the committee overseeing > the DMV. His staff assistant looked into it and related that the DMV > computer was so old that it could not be reprogrammed in the field to > permit this, and that the funding for the new computer was circulating > somewhere in Legislative Limbo. I love(d) California but there are > limits... :) > > 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane > ARRL Volunteer Counsel > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Well, here's Vermont.
There is a one time fee of $17.00. Ham license is required with the application. I have my call on both my truck and motorhome. That turns heads when they are parked next to one another. Closer look shows a little trk along one side, though. -- Carl AB1DD Resistance is futile. (don't know about reactance, though) ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Folks, way OT topics like this should be self limited to a typical 2-5 posts at most. This is well outside of our normal Elecraft related topics. 73, Eric /Moderator, really! elecraft.com/ On 7/18/2018 12:37 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: > Indeed, went through exactly the same process in CA a number of years ago. > Ham tags in CA are not vanity tags, they've been around pretty much as long as > I've been a ham, back when all tags came in one flavor ... black with yellow > letters. When vanity tags came along, they got their own field in the file for > the type code, and you couldn't be a ham and a vanity at the same time. At > that time, DMV's system was coded in COBOL and ran on a TRS80, I think. > > 73, > > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > Sparks NV DM09dn > Washoe County > > On 7/18/2018 11:51 AM, Phil Kane wrote: >> About 25 years ago I tried to assist a California ham in his effort to >> get his call sign on a "special series" plate (as contrasted to a "plain >> vanilla" plate) after DMV rejected it. I happened to have a personal >> link to the state senator who was the chair of the committee overseeing >> the DMV. His staff assistant looked into it and related that the DMV >> computer was so old that it could not be reprogrammed in the field to >> permit this, and that the funding for the new computer was circulating >> somewhere in Legislative Limbo. I love(d) California but there are >> limits... :) >> >> 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane >> ARRL Volunteer Counsel >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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