When calls are issued, the number in the call does correspond to the
licensee's address, but if a licensee moves, a new call is not
issued, so that ham might have a call whose number doesn't
correspond. For example, my call (KB6NU) was issued when I got my
Advanced in California. When I moved back to Michigan, I kept it, so
it no longer corresponds.
This may also happen in the case of a vanity callsign. For example, I
recently applied for a vanity callsign to use when our club operates
from the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum. The callsign we have is WA2HOM
(A2 = Ann Arbor, HOM = Hands-On Museum). It, too, doesn't correspond
to the district in which we're located.
73!
Dan KB6NU
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CW Geek and MI Affiliated Club Coordinator
Read my ham radio blog at http://www.kb6nu.com
LET'S GET MORE KIDS INTO HAM RADIO!
On Nov 26, 2007, at Nov 26, 10:29 AM, Julian G4ILO wrote:
This is probably common knowledge to most, but do US calls not relate
to the geographic area any more? In the contest, I worked call area 6,
which my map shows as the west coast, but the station I worked, N6AR,
is listed in qrz.com with an address in Florida, which is call area 4.
Do call areas have *any* use (e.g. for multipliers in ARRL contest
scores)?
--
Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ???
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