[InHam] Fw: Re: Ham Radio License Plates

[Paul L Schmidt, K9PS]

We're probably better off to just leave well enough alone, since
given the cost of other types of special plates (where the actual
contents of the plate are reserved, not just the background
graphics), you can pretty well bet that *any* change will be
accompanied by a substantial price increase.

With all the vanity callsigns, etc., is it really a safe bet
that the callsign will stay the same year after year?  And if
they change things so that we get update stickers instead of
new plates, what will happen to those with callsign changes?

By the way, ANY change that causes you to get a new plate
when you could just be putting a tag on the one you have will
result in a $10 fee... I considered dropping the college
plates on a couple of my cars last year to save a few
bucks, and found that since the college plates could be
renewed, it would cost me $10 to go back to a regular plate.

- K9PS (same callsign since 1978, call-letter plates every year)

Scott Stembaugh wrote:
> Well they are suppose to verify to still have the license/call but  
> they only did that the first year. Even after I went a year without a  
> call plate and decided to get of again they didn't ask to see my  
> license.
<SNIP>
> On Feb 21, 2009, at 14:46, Bob Burns W9RXR <w9rxr_ at rlburns.net> wrote:
<SNIP>
>> What really aggravates me about this is that the state keeps issuing
>> new amateur radio plates each year. It's a wasteful practice when all
>> they need to do is send out a new year sticker for the plate. That's
>> what they do for normal passenger car plates, so I don't know why
>> they can't do it for amateur radio plates.
>>
>> Bob...
>>