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NQ6U
08-14-2023, 10:29 AM
I logged on last night to apply for a short vanity call sign; it stopped working right in the middle of the process and still hasn’t come back up.
n6hcm
08-15-2023, 01:16 AM
doesn't the FCC site shut down overnight for updates? it's ancient govt technology ... and many govt websites shut down overnight (ssa does, other fcc sites do, ...)
NQ6U
08-15-2023, 08:00 AM
doesn't the FCC site shut down overnight for updates? it's ancient govt technology ... and many govt websites shut down overnight (ssa does, other fcc sites do, ...)

It does, but the outage lasted far longer than the given two hours. I finally got into the system yesterday morning.
KG4CGC
08-15-2023, 03:58 PM
It's true. I believe you broke it. Marina WiFi is notorious for ripping apart networks.
NQ6U
08-16-2023, 08:49 AM
It's true. I believe you broke it. Marina WiFi is notorious for ripping apart networks.

It’s twue, it’s twue!

That’s why I gave up on the marina wifi and got my own private connection via cable modem.
KG4CGC
08-16-2023, 04:06 PM
It’s twue, it’s twue!

That’s why I gave up on the marina wifi and got my own private connection via cable modem.

Dang son! You in high cotton!
NQ6U
08-16-2023, 07:36 PM
Dang son! You in high cotton!

There’s no competition for broadband access here at the marina so it costs me an arm and a leg — and it’s worth every penny.
NQ6U
08-31-2023, 05:17 PM
So, I find out tomorrow if I get my requested short call sign, one of the alternates or a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, for which pleasure I paid the FCC $35.

ON EDIT: I didn’t get the call I was hoping for (AE6A) and I'm now officially NQ6U.

“Not Quite 6 Underground”
NQ6U
09-02-2023, 02:02 PM
“NQ6 me? No, NQ6 you!”
KG4CGC
09-02-2023, 03:16 PM
Go NQ6 ur serlf! Masher! Fornicator! Proclivitator!
KG4CGC
09-02-2023, 03:17 PM
Actually, congratulations on your new sign!
n6hcm
09-02-2023, 08:48 PM
I may never bother attempting a new call sign. aside from the required upgrade, any of the calls I'd want have recently changed hands or renewed.

So congrats!
WZ7U
09-03-2023, 12:22 AM
Oh, that's gonna mess me up for a bit
NQ6U
09-04-2023, 07:58 AM
I may never bother attempting a new call sign. aside from the required upgrade, any of the calls I'd want have recently changed hands or renewed.

So congrats!



A friend and I are working on a project to free up the 1x2 and 2x1 call signs by researching SKs who’s licenses are still listed as valid and informing the FCC. It sounds a little ghoulish, I know, but they don’t need them any more — dead men send no CQ, as the old saying goes.
N8YX
09-05-2023, 08:11 AM
Congrats on the call sign change!
W3WN
09-05-2023, 11:51 AM
A friend and I are working on a project to free up the 1x2 and 2x1 call signs by researching SKs who’s licenses are still listed as valid and informing the FCC. It sounds a little ghoulish, I know, but they don’t need them any more — dead men send no CQ, as the old saying goes.
Been there, done that.

And that is one of the reasons why there is now a 30 day waiting period between the time a call is cancelled and becomes available. To be "fair" to those who expect others to do the dirty work.






oh, and congrats on the call!