After waiting the specified wait period and then some for my license and callsign, I called the FCC Gettysburg office. I explained the reason for my phone call, gave her my name and that I was a priest (unnecessary information but what the heck). She repeated my name and said, “Oh, I have your papers right here next on my desk. Let me see what is the next callsign. Then she asked “you said you’re a priest right?”, to which I affirmed that I am indeed. “Oh, this one will not do then,” she said, “let me look for another.” She then gave me the callsign “N8TTR”. I can only imagine what that callsign was that she refused to assign to me! Mike, N8TTR
> On Jul 14, 2018, at 9:24 AM, Gary Smith <g...@ka1j.com> wrote: > > In 1980 I upgraded from advanced to Extra. > The short story is I took the 2X1 call and > received KA1J. Naturally I got a new > license to reflect that and when I parked > the car at the house, my YL came out and > looked at my call & immediately said > "That's the perfect license for you". > > I had no idea what she meant, the plate > said KA1J, so I asked her to explain. > > She said, "That's right where you belong, > in a cage". > > There are some things you just can't > forget... > > 73, > > Gary > KA1J > >> There are several "interesting" phonetics that have been suggested but >> I don't feel are suitable for on-air use. >> >> >> >> 73, Wayne K2DT > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to mike.chown...@mgccc.org ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
