Any way to tell why a vanity call sign request was denied? (2 Viewers)

[kcjaz]

Just got my tech license and immediately applied for a vanity call sign. My application was approved but I got my third choice of call sign. Its not a big deal, I'm just curious as to what was wrong with my first two choices. I did the call sign search and they came up (and still do) with not being found which I believe means they are currently unassigned. The ones denied were 1x3 format starting with "W" (cuz I just wanted to say whiskey on the radio). I thought a Technician could have a 1x3, am I wrong?

Is there a way to find out the reason for the denial?

 

[e9999]

IIRC, the call sign format/number is region dependent. Maybe something like that applies to vanity signs as well? I vaguely remember picking a specific number in my call sign, probably for that reason.

 

[kcjaz]

IIRC, the call sign format/number is region dependent. Maybe something like that applies to vanity signs as well? I vaguely remember picking a specific number in my call sign, probably for that reason.

For sure the number in 2X3 or 1X3, i.e. the "X" is regional and being in KC, my digit is 0 and is what I got when they assigned my first call sign. That doesn't apply to vanity call signs though. My new call sign is KC4TLC.

 

[Joel Kasper]

Without knowing what you were looking to do it is hard to say. There are several reasons that could apply. A good place to look for details is the website ae7q.

 

[kcjaz]

Without knowing what you were looking to do it is hard to say. There are several reasons that could apply. A good place to look for details is the website ae7q.

Thanks. What I was hoping to get was W4PZ2.

 

[Joel Kasper]

Thanks. What I was hoping to get was W4PZ2.

That is not a valid format. You have 2 numbers. A 1X3 is one letter like A,K,N,W a number 0-9 and three letters a-z

 

[kcjaz]

That is not a valid format. You have 2 numbers. A 1X3 is one letter like A,K,N,W a number 0-9 and three letters a-z

Thank you. I didn’t understand that numbers couldn’t be part of the 3.