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Subject: [SECC] Possible club call
From: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 22:28:42 -0400 (EDT)
There is nothing random about the selection process.  My data tells me
that the last application entered ONLINE on the day a callsign is
available will get the callsign in question.  

Case study:  Whiskey Four Alpha November

73



On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Joe L Blackwell wrote:

> Hi John, de Joe aa4nn
> 
> Thanks for explaning how you go about checking death certificates,
> getting calls lined up, etc.
> 
> What it looks like to me is a CRAP SHOOT with the FCC as far as
> trying for a specific callsign.  I can't believe the FCC does a random
> selection on a callsign if more than one person applies for it on the
> same day.  Who in their right mind would do this.  Through ULS a
> person applies for a callsign and the request gets assigned an
> application number, a long number.  Looks to me like the lowest
> application number (the person who got there first) would get dibs
> on the call sign.  This random selection just makes me want to
> go into a small room and throw up.
> 
> 73, de Joe  aa4nn
> Ten-Tec only, CW only.
> eeetet   ee
> 
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