In article , whoever whoever@wherever
writes:

Is there a way to tell what class has the most vanity call signs?

Yes, but it's not easy.

The license database information includes various letter codes - you can see
them in QRZ.com. For example, "HVAE". I don't recall all of the codes but one
of them indicates whether the call was issued under the 'modern' vanity call
program.

So all you need do is download the entire database, filter through the info for
license class and vanity, and there you are.

If I
had to bet, I would say the Tech, I wonder if they just want people to
think they have been hams a long time?

I'd say it has more to do with not wanting a six-character callsign. They can
be long and unwieldy. I had six-character callsigns for the first 10 years I
was a ham, and a shorter call has definite advantages. But my callsign was not
issued under the modern vanity program.

I do understand a few have calls
that were their fathers, elmers, mothers, ect. Some even have calls that
are their initials, most of those start k7*** not N7*** , but most I
have asked and they say just cause?

Why not?

If you don't like the callsign blocks available to the various license classes,
you can petition FCC to change them.

73 de Jim, N2EY

(sequentially issued 1977)