In article .com, "K4YZ"
writes:

N2EY wrote:

Perhaps the vanity call system stopped the simultaneous renewals.

It's that expensive, state-of-the-art data system they installed!

How do you know this, Steve?

If a ham happens to move right at the time of renewal, the system can handle
it.
So that's not the problem.

My speculation on vanity calls is based on the fact that a new vanity call
issuance generates a renewal. That way, the fee doesn't have to be pro-rated.

But I don't know why nonvanities couldn't be renewed when a ham moves or
upgrades. That would reduce FCC paperwork.

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One effect of the old system was that it tended to make the number of amateurs
appear larger than it really was.

73 de Jim, N2EY