If you had to choose between a sequentially issued A-prefix 2x2 call sign that contains your first and last initials and a non-initials vanity 1x2 call sign that had never been held in the amateur service, which call sign would you choose?
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If you had to choose between a sequentially issued A-prefix 2x2 call sign that contains your first and last initials and a non-initials vanity 1x2 call sign that had never been held in the amateur service, which call sign would you choose?
Hmmm...I'll get back to you on that:Quote:
Originally Posted by AB3MV
Actually, I would have preferred one of those obsolete Chicken Band calls. NOT! ;)
I prefer the call I already have.
You didn't offer the choice of keeping the originally issued. The one I have is the one I started with in 1961. (Actually it was Kn7SGJ for a year back then) I don't contest, I'm not vain, and I don't need a call with my initials so I can remember it. I have plenty of other really important shit that I have trouble remembering, like yesterday.
Heh, that's cool. I kept my second call for over 20 years. My present call isn't my initials, but it's close. It sounds cool in CW. I tossed my second call for a couple of different reasons and my 'KLI call I ditched because I had a bunch of old farts giving me shit about using a call that only, in their opinion, old farts should be able to use.Quote:
Originally Posted by K7SGJ
I kept my original call...
Mainly because the entirety of my vanity is tied up in other hobbies.
In my opinion, it only really matters if you are a contester and/or operate code exclusively. Some letters are just more advantageous than others under those circumstances.
Of course, my own exception will eventually arise and I will assume my dads original issue call. Not in a big hurry for that one.
Piss on em.Quote:
Originally Posted by N2KKM
Yeah well, this was back when I still gave a f*ck what people thought.Quote:
Originally Posted by K7SGJ
Ill keep the call I was first issued, Im attached to it.
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Originally Posted by K7SGJ
Not to get overly Rumpus, but some would likely pay good money for that...and not admit it.Quote:
Originally Posted by N2KKM
Same call as always throughout history. Having known others that have changed theirs with every upgrade and then still applying for a vanity call, I'd say I did the right thing.
dit dit copious gravy cup ...
Really? I thought it stood for Cums Generously Charles.Quote:
Originally Posted by KG4CGC
LOL!!! I know at least a few who would ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by N8YX
Crunchy Green Crackers
Craps Golden CarrotsQuote:
Originally Posted by KG4CGC
Lucrative!Quote:
Originally Posted by N2KKM
Crusty Green Cock
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Originally Posted by AB3MV
Valid question. I was issued AB7WY when i first got my extra in 97...while AB7WY was issued to me directly, it wasnt a friendly cw call (nor was it my initials, perhaps if i lived in Wyoming). So i set about looking for a suitable vanity call, i was issued this one, and it was from a previously unassigned block of 1x2's. My choice was easy because i am the first and original holder of a 1x2, i dont feel like i am some kind of renter of an SK callsign. I dont feel that way about others who have older, previously assigned vanity calls, but just for myself.
Pretty cut and dried here, the 2x2 didnt fit me, but the unassigned 1x2 did...and i do CW, DXing and contests. Your situation is a little bit more difficult as they assigned you your initials. I would say keep the initials because any 1x2 these days would be someone elses. The assigned one would be more special based on it being your initials assigned to you randomly. Just my thoughts.
Not to mention you'd have to go to Uranus to find an aircraft with a AB7WY tail number.Quote:
Originally Posted by N7YA
Can't Grasp Concepts ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by KG4CGC
Great! Serves me right for not reading the rest of the thread before giving the man a nice, helpful answer. :lol:
My FCC issued callsigns kind of sucked phoenetically and on CW. WB0CYU and KC0TLW. Ewww.
My current callsign is an SK elmers call, vanity. Good on voice and like Kelli's, it's got rhythm.
Didn't know you were Catholic.Quote:
Originally Posted by WØTKX
My kid sister was conceived with the rhythm method, despite all those thermometer charts. Surprise!
I'm profoundly ex-Catholic, for many good reasons.
Actually, my current call sign assignment wasn't all that random. I held N3RQ as a vanity call sign for several years before requesting my current call sign. N3RQ was a virgin call sign in the amateur service when it is was assigned to me (however, it is the tail number of a light aircraft). I had been away from amateur radio for about eight months when something told me to visit the AE7Q web site. To my surprise, the last 2x2 A-prefix call sign that was issued in 3-land was AB3MU. The opportunity to get a sequentially issued initials call sign was a once in a lifetime opportunity. I was also seriously thinking about going QRT at that point in time and did not want to tie up a valuable call sign, so I submitted a request for a new sequential call sign. Luckily, my application was the only Extra class sequential call sign request in the queue that evening.Quote:
Originally Posted by N7YA
N3RQ becomes available for reassignment in March, which is why I posted this question. I really liked operating with N3RQ, especially when using "radio" instead of Romeo. November Three Radio Quebec is a lot easier to say than Alpha Bravo Three Mike Victor (All But Three Monkeys Vomited does not go over very well :) ). I have been tempted to reapply for N3RQ, but I am hesitant to give up a sequential call sign that I like for a vanity call sign that I like a little better. I also do not want to be branded as a call sign hoarder.
Moran. :neener:Quote:
Originally Posted by N2KKM
Twatnozzle.Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ3N
Get N3RQ back.Quote:
Originally Posted by AB3MV
I regret giving up my original extra call that was sequentially issued in 1989 (WX7P) and tried to get it back, but I was about a month too late. The guy that got my old call is a big time contester and it's really weird for me to hear WX7P contest during all the major events.
I also held W6PV, but I ditched that because it didn't feel right. I was first licensed in 1983, so having an ancient 1x2 didn't work for me. If would have stayed in California, I would have kept NX6D, but I didn't want a call that far out of district in 9-land. WU9G works for me because it's a good contest call, which is all I pretty much do on the air anymore anyway.
I do have the license plates for all of my old calls. That's pretty cool...
I really wanted AFART, but A isn't a number.
1x2's always win, though. Even if random.
Hands down, the 1x2. It's shorter on CW.
Maryland doesn't allow a ham to keep his/her plates after changing a call signs. They have to be turned into the MVA.Quote:
Originally Posted by WU9G
I was much more active with N3RQ than I am with AB3MV. I still have about 300 blank N3RQ QSL cards. I've never bothered to order QSL cards for AB3MV because I haven't been very active. Basically, all I have done over the last two years is occasionally monitor six meters for openings. For some perverse reason, I love six meters. It's like a box of chocolates. A good friend who is also a ham thinks that I am crazy for being so dedicated to six.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...y/192f53f1.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by WØTKX
My original call was KE4DXS.. I always liked the DX part.. Sometimes I regret switching.
All But Three Monkeys Vomited??Quote:
Originally Posted by AB3MV
I dont know, man! I may have to say its a good choice call right there. :lol:
A Dog Four My Granny
LOL
i don't think 1x2 or 2x1 calls are even available in six-land anymore. yup--just not available.
My original call was KCØREY. I received it in 2003 when I lived in International Falls, MN. When my wife moved back to Illinois because she missed her mom, I figured that as badly as I did not want too, I had better or else. So there I was in IL with a Zero call and everybody kept complaining (especially since I was 20 miles from Zero Land (IA), I decided I'd try to get a 9 call. But not just any 9 call. My big brother Michael was a Novice back in the 1980s and had allowed his ticket to expire. I checked and it was available and he said he wouldn't be using it and on 02/09/2010 my call became KA9MOT.......
Meanwhile, Mike came by and is looking to take up Ham Radio again and said he didn't like KA9MOT when he had it......
We can pick our calls or change them online here, picked my call because i wanted my name in it ( Cor).
Cost nothing to change callsign, nor do we pay any money for being ham as it was before.
License is for life, no need for renewal.
I have had my call for 20 years. I chose it because I worked for Ford Motor Company.
When Canada introduced the VA call signs I could have got one, most likely with my initials. I decided not to do that for two reasons.
1. I like my call sign, or I would not have picked it 20 years ago.
2. I did not want a VA call. I prefer the VE call signs.
I do have a second call. That one was my later Father's one and only call sign he had for 31 years. When he passed away I took over his call sign. I never use it, but I did not want it to be re-issued. I paid $60 to have that call sign issued to me.
Now if I could get a VE3 call with my initials RP then I might grab that one. But is currently in use so I am not going to worry about that. VE3 Ford Motor Company serves me well. :)