Chris K2CR 📻

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#Hamradio operator in Northern #NewJersey. Software developer by trade. Check out my US vanity callsign predictions here: https://vanities.k2cr.com/
QTHBergen County, NJ
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Show threadChris K2CR 📻Mar 9
@n5spy Glad to help. Good luck to you if you have an application in. 73
Show threadChris K2CR 📻Mar 9
@n5spy In this case the expiry comes before the cancellation. So as long as normal processing is in place (and there's no reason to think it's not), these calls should all be available 3/6.
Show threadChris K2CR 📻Mar 6

By district:

1: 18
2: 32
3: 25
4: 23
5: 19
6: 37
7: 25
8: 28
9: 27
10: 28
11 (AK): 3
12 (PR): 3
12 (VI): 8
13 (GU): 4
13 (HI): 2

Total: 282

Chris K2CR 📻Mar 6

More than 250 short (1x2 and 2x1) US #callsigns become available today. These all would have normally expired since October 1st 2025, but were delayed due to the government #FCC shutdown. Good luck with your vanity callsign applications!

https://vanities.k2cr.com/shortcalls.html

Short callsign availability

Showing current status of 1x2 and 2x1 short amateur radio callsigns.

Show threadChris K2CR 📻Nov 18

By district (continued):

6: AI6I, AK6V, K6MR, K6NP, K6US, KN6H, KS6P, KW6P, KX6H, NE6Z, NM6D, NN6G, NW6Y, NX6Z, W6JY, WI6M
7: K7KW, K7YW, KK7D, KM7Y, KV7Q, N7CP, N7MB, NC7T, W7SF, W7XG, WI7M, WS7F
8: AE8P, K8GR, KQ8S, KZ8J, NC8J, NM8S, W8HO, W8LP
9: AG9Q, AG9T, K9EO, KD9C, KJ9O, KO9T, N9BI, N9FB, N9KM, N9ND, NE9O, NN9Z, NS9X, NZ9L, W9YN, WI9X, WK9W, WM9Y, WX9L
10: K0LL, KR0I, N0GY, ND0M, ND0W, WA0W, WK0R, WO0U, WU0Y

Good luck with your applications! 73

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Show threadChris K2CR 📻Nov 18

By district:

1: AG1Z, K1QL, KA1X, KM1H, KU1B, KU1F, KU1Q, NG1S, WU1P
2: K2QF, K2UH, K2YI, KF2X, N2RS, NF2H, NK2F, NN2C, NV2G, W2EK, WB2N, WD2Z, WF2O
3: K3OU, KS3G, NG3Y, NR3J, NZ3B, NZ3Q, W3TV, W3XD, W3XN, WA3N, WB3A
4: AA4H, K4LC, KG4P, KV4J, N4TI, N4US, WG4B, WI4H, WJ4F, WN4L
5: K5IK, N5AE, N5OY, NE5K, NT5E, WV5T

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Chris K2CR 📻Nov 18

FILE YOUR VANITY APPLICATIONS NOW!

As of 7pm eastern, I was able to submit a vanity application with receipt date of November 17 (today). That means you will beat out even the people that filed on October 1 before ULS shut down. Their applications have been post-dated to a receipt date of November 18 (tomorrow).

That means the 113 short callsigns that are available in the lower 48 states are all up for grabs.

More info here: https://vanities.k2cr.com/shortcalls.html

[1/3]; list of callsigns to follow

Short callsign availability

Showing current status of 1x2 and 2x1 short amateur radio callsigns.

Show threadChris K2CR 📻Oct 7

So it is now a certainty that these two callsigns will not be assigned in the foreseeable future.

See the full FOIA response here: https://vanities.k2cr.com/faq.html#banned

Chris K2CR 📻Oct 7

In March of 2024, I filed a #FOIA with the #FCC, trying to find the reason why the callsigns N6ER and N1GI were not being assigned. They seemed to be banned and the FCC helpdesk would merely say that these callsigns were "unavailable to any applicant."

A week ago I received a heavily redacted FOIA response including email records which indicate that these callsigns are not available due to similarity to obscenity. The full list of callsigns banned in this manner is currently still unknown.

Chris K2CR 📻Oct 1

The #FCC is affected by the government #shutdown. Although ULS accepted vanity applications this morning, it is now redirecting to a shutdown notice page.

As such, I cannot verify that the information on https://vanities.k2cr.com/ is still correct. I've added a notice at the top of every page stating so.

Good luck to all federal employees during this time.