Chapter 7
Obtaining Your License and Call Sign
IN THIS CHAPTER
Filling out your paperwork
Watching for your call sign
Choosing your own call sign
Keeping your license valid
After you pass your exam (see Chapter 6), only a small matter of paperwork separates you from your new license. The exam-session volunteers help you complete everything correctly and even send your application to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Some VECs can even access the FCC database directly!
You still need to understand what you’re filling out, though; that’s what I cover in this chapter. Fill your paperwork out correctly, and you won’t delay the process of getting your call sign.
When I refer in this chapter to “paperwork,” I mean any necessary form, whether printed, online, or as a computer file. The FCC calls the forms you submit for a new license an “application.”
Completing Your Licensing Paperwork
After you successfully complete the exam, you need to fill out two forms:
Certificate ...
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