GMRS call sign question

[PeterM]

There was a post, I think, of someone mentioning that your GMRS call sign is usually based around your location. 

Since my call sign is WRYP550, and my two other friends' call signs start with WSDX or WSDV (both of my friends live about 10 min away from me and they also got their licenses this week, just 3 days apart from each other and my call sign was created back in September), this begs the question (from me, at least): Why do my friends' call signs start with "WSD . . ." instead of something like "WRY . . . "? Is it in relation to your location and the month + year your call sign was created, or is it just the month and year of when your call sign was created?

 

Thanks!

[RayDiddio]

9 minutes ago, WRYP550 said:

There was a post, I think, of someone mentioning that your GMRS call sign is usually based around your location. 

Since my call sign is WRYP550, and my two other friends' call signs start with WSDX or WSDV (both of my friends live about 10 min away from me and they also got their licenses this week, just 3 days apart from each other and my call sign was created back in September), this begs the question (from me, at least): Why do my friends' call signs start with "WSD . . ." instead of something like "WRY . . . "? Is it in relation to your location and the month + year your call sign was created, or is it just the month and year of when your call sign was created?

 

Thanks!

They're pretty much issued sequentially without geographic consideration. At least this is my understanding.

[Guest]

It has exactly zero bearing on location.  It’s just a number issued one after another.   

[PeterM]

1 hour ago, RayDiddio said:

They're pretty much issued sequentially without geographic consideration. At least this is my understanding.

Ah, ok. Thanks!

I got a bit confused since both of my friend's call signs were almost identical to each other. 

[PeterM]

1 hour ago, WRXP381 said:

It has exactly zero bearing on location.  It’s just a number issued one after another.   

Thanks! 

 

Understood

[WRXB215]

The number in a ham license indicates geographic region but no such indicator for GMRS.

[WRQI663]

5 hours ago, WRXB215 said:

The number in a ham license indicates geographic region but no such indicator for GMRS.

It used to be true, in amateur radio, now the rules are lax - the call sign you started out with will be the

one associated with your location - then you can use it anywhere in the US or change

it with a 'vanity call' like I did. I started with WB6 call in CA but here in PA I now have a K3 prefix