Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
June 27, 2007
DA 07-2818
Mr. Jerry D. Janow
Saucer Ridge Amateur Radio Association
1217 West Mathews
Roswell, New Mexico 88203
Re: Request for Reconsideration of Dismissal of Application File No. 0002843579
Dear Mr. Janow:
This letter is in response to your request for reconsideration of the dismissal of the above-
referenced application, which requested that the call sign NM5UFO be assigned to the amateur service
club station of the Saucer Ridge Amateur Radio Association. You believe that the assignment of the
requested call sign would be in keeping with the theme that Roswell, New Mexico has been known since
1947 as the crash site of a UFO. For the reasons discussed herein, we deny your request.
You filed the above-referenced vanity call sign application on December 11, 2006, seeking to
modify the license for Amateur station KE5LRJ to change the call sign to NM5UFO. The application
was dismissed on December 29,2006 because the requested call sign was not available.! On December
29,2006, you requested reconsideration of the dismissal.
Only call signs that are in the sequential call sign system may be requested as vanity call signs!
The Commission issues public announcements detailing the procedures of the sequential call sign
system.3 A call sign with a two-letter prefix followed by a number and a three-letter suffix, such as
NM5UFO, is known as a 2-by-3 call sign.4 As noted on the Commission's webpage, only call signs of a
2-by-3 format with the first letter K or W -but not N -are available for assignment in the sequential call
sign system.s Consequently, call sign NM5UFO is not available for assignment in the sequential call sign
system and is thus not available as a vanity call sign. We therefore conclude that your application was
properly dismissed.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 405 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C: §§ 1 54(i), 405, and Section 1.106 of the Commission's Rules, 47
C.F .R. § 1.106, the request to reconsider the dismissal of application File No. 0002843579 filed by Mr.
Jerry D. Janow IS DENIED.
1 Dismissal Letter Ref. No. 4366011 (Dec. 29, 2006).
247 C.F.R. § 97.19(d),
347 C.F.R. § 97.3(a)(11)(i).
4 Inquiry into Alleged Improper Issuance of Licenses and Call Signs in the Amateur Radio Service, Report,
Docket No. 21418, 74 F.C.C. 2d 331, 338 ~ 27 (1979).
5 ov/services/index.h" ns l&id=arnateur or
h /services/index.htm? 3&id=arnateur.
Mr. Jerry D. Janow Page 2
This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections 0.131 and 0.331 of the
Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.131, 0.331.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
/~Y6:;-~Scot Stone
Deputy Chief, Mobility Division
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau