[Elecraft] Vanity call question

[Wes Stewart]

My call was K7CVT when I decided to upgrade to Extra Class.  Back in those days 
we waited six months for the FCC examiner to come to town.  I sent my 
application to the FCC in DC, who in turn sent it to Long Beach, CA from whence 
the examiners came.  So the FCC had two chances to check the application before 
I took the exam.  I had requested three calls, W7WS, K7WS and N7WS.  I passed 
the exam and the paperwork went off again.

Imagine my surprise when the application was returned to me because they didn't 
like the way I had signed it and wanted me to do it again.  In red pencil, the 
calls W7WS and K7WS and been lined out and N7WS circled in red.  Clearly, that 
was to be my call.  Unfortunately, when my Extra Class license appeared it was 
issued under my original call.  The vanity program of the day was just about to 
end and I assumed that during the delay "my" call had been issued to someone 
else and I was going to be out of luck.

I fired off a letter to my US Senator, who happened to be K7UGA, requesting 
help.  I got a letter back suggesting that if I simply reapplied for the vanity 
call, he was "pretty sure" that I would get the call. Of course, I did.

Wes  N7WS

  ps.  During the Memorial Day holiday week, I got to operate K7UGA, which is 
club call for the CADXA, on the 20th anniversary of his passing.

  On 7/13/2018 10:27 AM, ANDY DURBIN wrote:
> "I want to learn about vanity call signs, why would I want one? What do they represent?"
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> A vanity call is one that is self selected rather than being the next in order assigned by FCC. The main reason for getting one is ....vanity. Many select a vanity call that represents their name or initials. Some because the call comes close to spelling a word that has significance for them. Some because it represents an area of interest.
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> In my case I was assigned G3WYC by UK GPO back in 1967. I chose the vanity call K3WYC when I became licensed in USA.
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> 73,
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> Andy k3wyc
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