I received an email from the FCC today – my vanity call sign request for N3VAR has been granted. If you haven’t figured it out already, my call sign is my first name backwards (R A V E N becomes N Ǝ V A R). I’ve been holding off on transmitting since I received my Technician license (my test was on September 2nd, 2017, and my license was granted on September 11th, 2017), as I wanted to use my new call sign for contacts. The timing to wait wasn’t a big deal, as I was in Europe for most of that time anyway. I’ve only had my Technician license for just over two weeks.
This weekend, I’ll attempt to transmit on a VHF/UHF repeater with my Kenwood TH-D74A and hopefully make my first contact.