I just passed my technician exam and received my callsign from the FCC (KC1KHV).
I was surprised by the two letter prefix, which seems to come from the class D group. According to the FCC documentation on the topic, a technician license should come from the class C group, which has:
- A K, N, or W prefix
- A region number
- A three letter suffix
I see that it says
When the call signs in any regional-group list are exhausted, the selection is made from the next lower group
but there are clearly still class C callsigns available (I have my eye on a vanity callsign which falls into this category).
What's up here? Am I just misreading things?
KCIKHV
but that has no number. Did you meanKC1KHV
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