From: cchapman@matd.gatech.edu (Charles H. Chapman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.policy
Subject: Re: How to Transfer a Call Sign
Date: 13 Oct 92 21:52:07 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <yPugsB1w164w@n5abi.hou.tx.us> gak@n5abi.hou.tx.us (Gene A. Kennedy) writes:
>
>>  
>> >Even
>> >enlisting the aid of your political representives has failed to
>> >make any difference. Let's face it, the FCC just don't give a damn
>> >about hams.
>>  
>> You're just upset that your desires have run up against policy and policy won
>> People locally want to turn right on red from eastbound University onto
>> southbound Babcock and the cops are very happy to hand out QSLs (was made
>> no turn on red to give pedestrians a break-too many just charged on around th
>> corner if they saw no oncoming traffic left without looking for people to the
>> right and the westbound left turning traffic in front that had a green arrow)
>>  
> I would have no problem at all if the policy had a sound basis 
>like the "no right on red" case you mention, but the fact is that 
>this policy has no real basis. If you remember, they did allow you 
>to request certain call letters at one time. The only reason for 
>the policy (or so they told me) is that they consider such 
>requests an "unnecessary workload". I was also told that the 
>policy could be changed back again some time in the future (though 
>I doubt that), if the administrator decides to do so. I still have 
>the distinct impression that they really don't give a damn about 
>Hams, and consider them little more than a nuisance. BTW, how do 
>you think commercial radio stations get all those "catchy" calls?
>

There are several orders of magnitude more amateur radio operators in
the U.S. than commercial broadcast stations.  The work load of handling
special calls for them would be much less than for amateur stations.
Plus, applying for a broadcast station license is a lengthy, involved
process.  Adding a little more work to select a specific call sign would
be no big deal in the broadcast station license application process.

Chuck

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Charles H. Chapman  (GTRI/MATD)             (404) 528-7588
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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