Call Sign Choice

[N8YX]

Piss on em.

Yeah well, this was back when I still gave a f*ck what people thought.

Not to get overly Rumpus, but some would likely pay good money for that...and not admit it.

[KG4CGC]

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 ...

[N2CHX]

dit dit copious gravy cup ...

Really? I thought it stood for Cums Generously Charles.

[N2CHX]

Not to get overly Rumpus, but some would likely pay good money for that...and not admit it.

LOL!!! I know at least a few who would ;)

[KG4CGC]

Crunchy Green Crackers

[N2CHX]

Crunchy Green Crackers

Craps Golden Carrots

[KG4CGC]

Craps Golden Carrots

Lucrative!

[K7SGJ]

Crusty Green Cock

[N7YA]

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?

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.

[K7SGJ]

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.