PUBLIC NOTICE

   Federal Communications Commission
   1919 M St., N.W.
   Washington, D.C. 20554

                                                                       
   Released:  June 18, 1997

                                  
               AMATEUR STATION SPECIAL EVENT CALL SIGN
              COMMON DATA BASE COORDINATOR ANNOUNCEMENT
                                  
Entities desiring to volunteer their services as amateur station special event call sign common data base
coordinators may submit their requests in writing to:
   CDBC Request
   Public Safety and Private Wireless Division
   Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
   Federal Communications Commission
   Washington, DC  20554

For consideration, the request must be received by the Public Safety and Private Wireless Division on or after
August 1, 1997.  The amateur station special event call sign data base coordinators will be selected on the
basis of their ability to coordinate, maintain and disseminate a common data base.  

The amateur station special event call sign common data base coordinators must maintain a common data base
of the one-by-one format call signs.  The data base must be disseminated to the amateur service community. 
The purpose of the data base is to avoid the same call sign being used by more than one station during the
same day.  For each of the 750 special event call signs and for the current day and for each of the following
365 days, the common data base must indicate whether the call sign has been reserved for use or is available
for use.    

Section 97.119 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  97.119, authorizes an amateur station, when
transmitting in conjunction with an event of special significance to the amateur service community, to
substitute for its assigned call sign a special event call sign as shown for that station on the data base
coordinated, maintained and disseminated by the special event call sign common data base  coordinators. 
Additionally, where the special event call sign has been reserved, the data base must show the FCC-assigned
station call sign for which substitution is being made and the time period thereof.  

If you have questions concerning the amateur station special event call sign data base coordinators, contact
the FCC's National Call Center at 1-888-225-5322.

                                -FCC-