tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post4154487779719099237..comments2024-03-28T05:17:55.293-04:00Comments on W2LJ QRP - When you care to send the very least!: FCC Eliminates Amateur Radio Vanity Call Sign Regulatory FeeQRP - When you care to send the very least!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08707602309223956112noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post-31377263849751543382015-05-23T09:45:38.982-04:002015-05-23T09:45:38.982-04:00Hmm. Have they considered what this is going to do...Hmm. Have they considered what this is going to do to the volume of vanity callsign applications?<br /><br />If they think they are busy now, you ain't seen nothing....AA4LRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17802093412804980377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post-68427009906624996162015-05-22T17:08:33.012-04:002015-05-22T17:08:33.012-04:00Yet another result of the constant whine that the ...Yet another result of the constant whine that the government needs to cut budgets. The FCC is closing more than half it's Field Offices, eliminating fees for vanity licensing, and you're probably right -- next up is cutting all license fees.<br /><br />After that, new amateur call signs will be your initials and zip code and the slow dance to merge the amateur radio service with the citizen band will be complete!<br /><br />But hey, at least the FCC budget will be cut and that should make all the fiscal conservatives happier than a pig in mud. And then we can start eating rainbow stew and drinking free bubble up with all those tax savings!<br /><br />73, Jeff KE9VJeff Davis, KE9Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14402862349446509386noreply@blogger.com