Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
February 15, 2007
DA 07-677
Mr. Kenneth C. Lamson
1425 North Vasco Road
Livermore, CA  94551
Re: File No. 0002494225
Dear Mr. Lamson:
This letter is in response to your request for reconsideration of the dismissal of the above-
referenced application which requested that the amateur station call sign K6BQ be assigned to 
your amateur station.  You believe that the requested call sign was available as of the date of 
your application, and that the dismissal of your application therefore was in error.  For the 
reasons discussed herein, we deny your request.  
Section 97.19(c)(1) of the Commission’s Rules provides, with certain exceptions not 
relevant in this case, that a call sign shown on an expired license is not available to the vanity 
call sign system for two years following the expiration of the license.1 This two-year period 
corresponds to the grace period during which the licensee of an amateur station may apply for 
renewal of the station and operator license.  Only after the period has expired does the call sign 
become available for reassignment.2 The prior license for call sign K6BQ expired on February 
22, 2004.  Therefore, the two-year period terminated at the end of February 22, 2006, and the 
license was canceled on February 23, 2006.  You filed the above-referenced application on 
February 22, 2006.  At that time, the call sign was not yet available for reassignment, because the 
two-year period had not expired.  Consequently, we conclude that your application was properly 
dismissed.3
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 405 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(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. 0002494225 filed by Mr. Kenneth C. Lamson on March 14, 2006 IS DENIED.  
  
1 47 C.F.R. § 97.19(c)(1).
2 See Amendment of the Amateur Service Rules to Implement a Vanity Call Sign System, Memorandum Opinion 
and Order, PR Docket No. 93-305, 10 FCC Rcd 11135, 11137 ¶ 12 (1995) (“even if a renewal application is 
received on the last day of the grace period, no other conflicting application, such as a request for a vanity call 
sign, would be processed”).
3 The call sign subsequently was assigned to another amateur station based on an application that was filed after 
the prior license for call sign K6BQ expired.  See File No. 0002504035.  
Mr. Kenneth C. Lamson                  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 and 0.331.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
  Scot Stone
 Deputy Chief, Mobility Division
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau