My New Ham Tag
This entry was posted on 1/20/2007 9:35 PM and is filed under uncategorized.
After over 3 months of waiting, my amateur (ham) radio license plate finally arrived in today's mail... WOO-HOO!!! :)
During that time, I had to display a flimsy paper Georgia "temporary tag" on my vehicle.
Initially, I had the tag attached to my bumper, but after I discovered it barely hanging on, I immediately taped it to the rear window of my vehicle.
Not long afterward, as I was coming home from work, I was briefly stopped by the Chamblee police, who asked me why I had a tag with "JAN222007" written on it. I explained to the officer that I had an amateur radio tag on order from the state and showed him my registration. He was immediately satisfied and let me go along my way, even stopping traffic on busy Peachtree Industrial Boulevard to help me get out safely.
As for the tag itself, I now know why the county tag office gave me a date of January 22, 2007, on the "temporary tag"... because it takes the state so dadblame long to deliver the real plate to you.
In Georgia, standard license plates cost a vehicle owner $20 per year plus an annual "ad valorem" tax (property tax assessed according the the vehicle's value) imposed by the county where the vehicle is registered. With the ham tag, you only pay the annual county "ad valorem" tax. When renewing your tag each year, you also are required to provide the tag office a copy of your valid FCC Amateur Radio License. For more information on amateur radio license plates, please contact your county's tag office.
That's all for now. Thanks for reading and please do so often.
