Gee, Phil, I had to file the same paperwork (okay - on line license modification) to change my address when I moved, which the FCC does require one do. The only difference is in whether one checks the box "issue new call". A new license is issued in any case, right out of the computer-generated sequence if one doesn't pay the premium price for a "vanity" call.
Since I've always campaigned for Amateur call signs the indicate the station's general location in this very large country of ours, I told the FCC to issue me a new call when I moved to Oregon in 1998 by simply clicking on the right button. That's how AC6Y in California became AC7AC in Oregon. In either case one gets a new license issued. Indeed, I when I moved to the Oregon coast last summer and filed a simple change of address I was sent a whole bunch of new licenses from the FCC in the mail -- Amateur, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, General Radiotelephone Operator's License, GMDSS Operator and GMDSS Maintainer. I even had to submit a new mug shot for that 2nd Class Radiotelegraph operator's license for the FCC to stick on the front of it. Ron AC7AC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
