The FCC has authorized special 1x1 callsigns to be used "in conjunction with an event of special significance". These call signs will never be issued for a duration longer than 15 days, and can be reserved up to a year in advance.

There are 750 possible special event callsigns available.

For more information, visit 1x1callsigns.org

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All US amateur radio callsigns start with one or two letters, followed by a number (0-9), and then followed by 1 to 3 letters.

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No communications relating to conducting business are permitted in the amateur service. Also, while contests are a fun part of the amateur radio hobby, they certainly have no monopoly on what can be done with Amateur Radio. Many hams spend time just chatting with other ham radio operators both locally and long distance through HF or linked repeater systems, which is also fun.

It should also be noted that broadcast -- the transmission of information for wide or public use -- is not permitted on the Amateur Radio service.

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As with anything else when you are visiting a foreign country, you are subject to their laws. Many foreign countries have reciprocal agreements in place with the United States that allow licensed US ham radio operators to operate in their country.

Check before you go!

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Technician class amateur operators must have three letters in the suffix, so having just X, or XX is not allowed.

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In addition to being able to use your Ham Radio license in any location where the FCC has authority, you can ALSO use your privileges on any vessel registered in the United States that happens to be sitting in international waters (provided you have the permission of the captain).

This answer above does NOT include LAND or SPACE, only waterways

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It is important that you keep the mailing address on file with the FCC current.

Part 97.23 states: "Revocation of the station license or suspension of the operator license may result when correspondence from the FCC is returned as undeliverable because the grantee failed to provide the correct mailing address."

You can renew your license and/or update the mailing address by filling out a NCVEC 605 form and mailing it to a VEC or by logging into the FCC Universal Licensing System.

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FCC Part 97.25(a) states:

An amateur service license is granted for a 10-year term.

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Part 97.21.iii(b) states:

A person whose amateur station license grant has expired, may apply for renewal of the license grant for another term during a 2 year filing grace period. The application must be received at the address specified above prior to the end of the grace period. Unless and until the license is renewed, no privileges in this part are conferred

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An amateur radio operator license is good as soon as it appears in the FCC database.

"Immediately" won't work, because the VE team has to send in the exam results, that has to be sent to the FCC, and they have to get it into the database.

30 days after the test date isn't right because the call sign might show up sooner or later than 30 days.

Your call sign will be in the database before the mail from the FCC will reach you.

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"Grace period" means grace period to renew your license without having to retake all the tests, not grace period to transmit!

Once your license is expired, you are no longer permitted to operate a transmitter on the Amateur Radio service. No worries, though, because renewing your license with the FCC through the Universal Licensing System usually only takes a few minutes!

Once the ULS database shows that your license has been renewed, you can go back to operating. To avoid interruption to your amateur radio license privileges, renew your license up to 90 days before it expires.

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An entry-level Technician Class licensee can select a vanity call sign, but there are more restrictions on what call signs a Technician can choose, compared to what an Extra Class can choose.

You can submit an application for a vanity call sign just as soon as your license appears in the FCC database.

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The FCC is only issuing Technician, General and Amateur Extra Class licenses. People who have Novice or Advanced licenses, however, can renew their licenses, so we still have amateur radio operators with these licenses. All the Technician Plus (used to mean a Technician who had also passed a code test), have been converted to Technician class licenses.

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The trustee on the license grant is the only one who can make changes to the license. Members and officers can vote on club issues, but only the trustee can deal with the FCC.

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