Re: [Repeater-Builder] CW ID Indicators

2004-05-12 Thread Neil McKie
But still trying to catch up ... Neil Ken Arck wrote: > > At 05:02 PM 5/11/2004 -0400, you wrote: > >heh-well that wasn't quite what I meant, but;c} > >really it was special callsigns with a WR prefix. The club's repeater I > >belong to here started as WA8TTO, then WB8CRP, then WR8AD

Re: [Repeater-Builder] CW ID Indicators

2004-05-12 Thread Ken Arck
At 06:16 PM 5/11/2004 -0700, you wrote: ><---Well the heck with all that. I'm just going to problem everything to >AH6LE / GOD. <---I suppose I better check for typos before I program anythingsigh Ken -- President

Re: [Repeater-Builder] CW ID Indicators

2004-05-12 Thread Ken Arck
At 05:34 PM 5/11/2004 -0400, you wrote: >That may be a throwback to the old FCC interim designators. For example, >if you upgraded at the Buffalo (NY) FCC office, your call was W3ABC/BF. >We used to say "Interim BullFrog". <---Well the heck with all that. I'm just going to problem everything to AH

Re: [Repeater-Builder] CW ID Indicators

2004-05-11 Thread mch
That may be a throwback to the old FCC interim designators. For example, if you upgraded at the Buffalo (NY) FCC office, your call was W3ABC/BF. We used to say "Interim BullFrog". At least I did. :-) It indicated that you had just upgraded so your class on file may be outdated, and to check with th

Re: [Repeater-Builder] CW ID Indicators

2004-05-11 Thread Ken Arck
At 05:02 PM 5/11/2004 -0400, you wrote: >heh-well that wasn't quite what I meant, but;c} >really it was special callsigns with a WR prefix. The club's repeater I >belong to here started as WA8TTO, then WB8CRP, then WR8ADV before the >rules changed. <---Oh I remember that (I owned WR6AKB in t

Re: [Repeater-Builder] CW ID Indicators

2004-05-11 Thread Jim B.
Ken Arck wrote: > H... A H 6 L E / W R > > (gotta love it!) > > KEn > > heh-well that wasn't quite what I meant, but;c} really it was special callsigns with a WR prefix. The club's repeater I belong to here started as WA8TTO, then WB8CRP, then WR8ADV before the rules changed. > At

Re: [Repeater-Builder] CW ID Indicators

2004-05-11 Thread Ken Arck
H... A H 6 L E / W R (gotta love it!) KEn At 04:48 PM 5/11/2004 -0400, you wrote: >Well, how 'bout a short history lesson? >Back around '76 or '77, the rules for repeaters changed drastically. >Prior to that, repeaters required a separate repeater license, which >required a vey lengthy a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] CW ID Indicators

2004-05-11 Thread Jim B.
Well, how 'bout a short history lesson? Back around '76 or '77, the rules for repeaters changed drastically. Prior to that, repeaters required a separate repeater license, which required a vey lengthy application. The last few years of that repeaters were issued WR callsigns, before that they we

[Repeater-Builder] CW ID Indicators

2004-05-11 Thread Matt
Here is a good one. I know Kevin doesnt like FCC legal battles, but I felt this was worth a quick laugh, Anyway... According to 97.119(c) "One or more indicators may be included with the call sign. Each indicator must be separated from the call sign by the slant mark (/) or by any suitable