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Keith Whaley wrote:
graywolf wrote:
Interesting, because they did not used to issue calls with O or I in them "because they were easily confused with 0 and 1" (FCC's statement, not mine).
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Tha's true. The only way they justify it now, I'm sure, is that all amateurs know the U.S. call sign areas/regions are numbered from 1 to 9, and any U.S. call only ever contains one single digit number. That's one of those "they don't want to go there" situations. Can you imagine the mess it would create, if they added another digit to the call sign area designator?
In fact, I don't find call signs all that easy to decipher anymore, as
the number of hams increase and the call signs are more inventive. With some of the more recent ones, I'm not sure at a glance, whether
it's a U.S. call or not! It used to be, you could tell a U.S. call instantly.
Heavily populated call areas have gone thru a ton of prefixes, in order
to sort it all out!
California, for instance, started out with a W6. Then it became a K6. Somewhere along the line, and I'm not sure of the
chronological sequence, they became WA6 and KA6's, then what? KB6's? Add in the Advanced Amateur calls like N6 and such... What they did next
I simply don't know, but it's got to be a nightmare! <g>
keith
Bill Owens wrote:
Yes, they now issue vanity calls for a fee of something around $15.00 for the 10 year term of the license. We also have another club member who still holds his ca 1940s cal, W4OXH.
Bill
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Bill Owens wrote:
Bet you $1.00 it's a vanity call. We have a club member, George Poteat, K4GP.
Bill
Ahhh, that could be. I haven't kept up with call signs, NOR Amateur Radio in years and years... Used to be, an early call sign, a low number, meant the operator was in a long time. Issued as the applications came in. It may now be that unissued calls will go to the requisitioner, for a fee. . . Don't know.
But, thanks for bringing it up.
keith
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Fred wrote:
4. It weighs slightly more.
It's a bit taller, too.
Fred, K1FW <===
How many years have you had THAT one, Fred?
_Great_ call sign!
keith whaley
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