TopBand: New Callsigns

[Craig Clark]

At 01:30 PM 9/24/96 -0400, you wrote:
>I just got off the phone with the FCC at 11:32 am EST. I asked the lady how 
>they were going to handle these and she said they all have to be keyed-in to 
>the computer before they start the callsign processing. She said, 4-5 weeks 
>turnaround! I didn't ask her but it sounds like they will be dealing with 
>this in alphabetical order. Seems like an unfair system to me. We might as 
>well all FED-EXed our apps to them!

Don't think so. They first was issued yesterday. Check out QRZ's Daily FCC
activity. The first new call was issued yesterday. I filed mine
electronically today. We shall see how long this takes. My guess is that FCC
is buying "caging" (de-cashing and data entry)from the Mellon bank and
Mellon employees (or someone they have sub-contracted) will be keying the
information into the 610V forms and then electronically batching them to the
FCC computer. That is the only way a call could have been issued yesterday.

>
>I think this one is worth writing to my congressman about. Seems as if they 
>are making up the rules as they go. Sorry for the depressing news but thats 
>what they said.

You don't know the half of it on this one. I'll explain later if I get my
problem resolved.

Take a chill-pill. I waited 17 weeks for my Novice in 1967! HI HI!!

Craig
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