I know that with a D-star repeater, the repeater cannot have the same callsign as the owner's and one needs to get a frequency pair from the repeater council. I read over the application from the repeater council's site and it asks for the repeater's callsign. Should I get a callsign for the repeater from the fcc first, then apply with the repeater council? Also, should I have all the equipment gathered for the repeater and it ready to go before doing this or can it be done ahead of time. I know that the RC gives you a six month period to get the repeater online, but I'm not sure if there's something similar with the fcc. If anyone has done this before, what kind of things will the fcc ask? If anyone has a link to the application/information page for the fcc to get a callsign (hopefully vanity) for an upcoming D-star repeater, that would be very helpful for me. I tried looking but didn't find what I was looking for.
Thanks.
