I understand that Vanity Call signs take a while to process, but does anyone have any insight on what actually happens behind the scenes. Supposedly it runs in the autogrant mode so it is "untouched by human hands", but it is obviously not run on a daily, or continuous basis, as the regular grants are.
I have heard that it is done on a batch basis. Since I am a computer type I know most batch procesing occurs on a regular cycle, weekly, etc. Anyone have any insight as to whether the same is true for the Vanity processing. If the Fcc has a schedule it sure isn't well known.
Thanks!