Hi Buddy.
You know, it does complicate things quite a bit. I never thought that I
would go for a vanity call either--I had the original KA2DQA callsign for
19 years, and then one day, for grins I went out to see if my initials were
available as a callsign, and at that time both K2LKK and W2LKK were
available. I kind of said it over under my breath for a couple of minutes
and decided that K2LKK had a sort of ring to it.
Moreover, I've discovered that on SSB the KK on the end does a pretty good
job of getting through pileups. Invariably I'll hear the other station say
something like "the KK station, go ahead please." I guess that makes it
worth it.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 04:03 PM 3/1/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Lou,
>
>Y'know, I never know what my FRN is either. Fortunately for me, QRZ
>lists it in your detailed listing. If not for that, I'd probably be up
>some creek or another. I reckon the W5YI thing is meant to be easier,
>which is what you're ostensibly paying for, but I don't know how much
>the whole vanity thing adds to the complication, being one of those
>kept my original call guys.
>On Mar 1, 2008, at 3:53 PM, Louis Kim Kline wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > I never said that it was impossible, although the first problem was
> > that I
> > didn't have my FRN number and had no idea how to get it. The fellow
> > who
> > helped me with this passed away suddenly and I never got the
> > information
> > from him before he died.
> >
> > I *thought* that this was a little easier and less painful. Guess I
> > was naive.
> >
> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> >
> > At 02:28 PM 3/1/2008 -0500, you wrote:
> >> Except that you *can* deal with it direct through the FCC. While the
> >> online filing system isn't exactly easy, it *is* doable. I've updated
> >> my license with it several times myself. Not fun, but certainly not
> >> impossible.
> >> On Mar 1, 2008, at 1:54 PM, Louis Kim Kline wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi.
> >>>
> >>> I am in the process of trying to renew my license as it expires on
> >>> 5/6/08. I received a packet from W5YI VEC in early February with
> >>> all of
> >>> the forms supposedly already completed so that all I had to do was
> >>> sign it,
> >>> and include a check with the vanity call fee and their $7.00 service
> >>> fee. While I probably should have gone through the ARRL
> >>> (cheaper), it
> >>> meant having to contact them and get the same stuff by placing a
> >>> phone call
> >>> during business hours and making a long distance call from work is
> >>> something I hate to do.
> >>>
> >>> So, I took what I thought was the path of least resistance and just
> >>> wrote
> >>> out the check, signed the forms, and shipped it off.
> >>>
> >>> Here is what happened. On February 26, 2008 the license for K2LKK
> >>> was
> >>> updated. However, nothing changed. It still expires on 5/6/08 and
> >>> every
> >>> other detail of the license is still active. Also, my former call,
> >>> KA2DQA,
> >>> is now issued to me once again, but it also expires on 5/6/08.
> >>>
> >>> I have sent e-mails off to W5YI asking them about this, and I intend
> >>> to
> >>> bite the bullet and follow it up with a telephone call on Monday to
> >>> see if
> >>> I can investigate what happened.
> >>>
> >>> I guess the next time I will just contact the ARRL since I'm going
> >>> to have
> >>> to make a long distance phone call anyway, and I'm $7 poorer to
> >>> boot. You
> >>> know, I miss the good days when the FCC handled this stuff directly
> >>> and we
> >>> had only one bureaucracy to deal with instead of two.
> >>>
> >>> 73, de Lou (K2LKK or KA2DQA -- only the Shadow knows...)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Louis Kim Kline
> >>> A.R.S. K2LKK
> >>> Home e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> >>> Work e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> >>> Work Telephone: (585) 697-5740
> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> >> Phone: (814) 746-4502 or 888-75-BUDDY
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> >>
> >>
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> >> 6:32 PM
> >
> > Louis Kim Kline
> > A.R.S. K2LKK
> > Home e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > Work e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > Work Telephone: (585) 697-5740
> >
>
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>Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>Phone: (814) 746-4502 or 888-75-BUDDY
>Harnessing the power of Online Spending and Everyday Shopping to
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>
>
>
>
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>6:32 PM
Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
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