In PA the Amateur Radio plate is $25. Prior to our current administration taking office, a "regular" vanity plate (of which I have one also) cost the same $25 but now it costs $80. So being a ham has some benefits. :)
On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 11:49 AM Nr4c <n...@widomaker.com> wrote: > In Virginia it’s not a vanity plate and only costs one dollar more than > regular plates. > > Sent from my iPhone > ...nr4c. bill > > > > On Jul 16, 2018, at 9:30 AM, dyarnes <w7...@cox.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > My call (W7AQK) is designated as a vanity call even though it is the > original call assigned to me back in 1955. Under past FCC rules, I had to > give it up when I moved to a different call area. That actually happened > twice! The first time I reacquired this call it cost me nothing! FCC just > reassigned it to me as a previous holder. However, in the early 90’s, when > I decided I wanted my original call again, and I was again in the 7th call > district, I had to do so under the vanity program, and pay extra for it > too! Even renewals were subject to a special fee! Now that has changed, > thankfully. However, I still somewhat resent the fact that my call is > considered a vanity call, even though I am a previous holder of it, and > also that, at one time, I would have been reissued this call by “rights”. > > > > While I’m grousing about “vanity” issues, our Arizona Department of > Transportation allows me to have a “vanity” license plate with my call on > it. I pay an extra $25 for that, presumably to cover the cost of special > processing. However, I have to pay that same $25 every time I renew! > Why??? It doesn’t cost them anything extra once the plate has been made > and issued!!! Seems a bit unfair to me! > > > > Dave W7AQK > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to n...@widomaker.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to r...@wc3t.us -- 72, Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 Northampton County RACES, EPA-ARRL Public Information Officer for Scouting Latitude: 40.761621 Longitude: -75.288988 (40°45.68' N 75°17.33' W) Grid: *FN20is* ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
