Because of the way I have Reply-to: set up on this mail program, some of the 
messages don't end up going back to the whole list.

Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com
-----Original Message----- 
From: David W Wood
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 3:05 AM
To: 'Lloyd Rasmussen'
Subject: RE: Stan has a new call

As you say, rhythm counts for a lot.  My call - G3YXX - attracts peoples
ears owing to the rhythm of the two X's.

73

David W Wood

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Lloyd Rasmussen
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 3:22 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Stan has a new call

Lots of us think about how our call might work on CW or phone.
In 1977 I had been K0DDA for 22 years, and the repetition was useful,
especially on phone. In 1975-76, after I had moved out here, I operated
several contests from W4BVV, and liked the rhythm and repetition of that
callsign.
So in 1977 when I was applying for a 3-area callsign, I applied for N3ST,
because I thought it would be suitably short and have a nice rhythm. But
someone already had that call, unbeknownst to me. The FCC was in the W3 I's
at the time I applied. I don't know whether someone in the office knew that
I was active in PVRC (this is possible), or whether it was totally
accidental that I was assigned W3IUU. Time has proven that it's a good call.

It has some repetition, and most of the symbols start with dots and end with

dashes.
I think some folks on CW will think Stan's call is C5EE, but we'll see. I
have heard N E5E on the air sometimes. And one of the other guys I operated
with at W4BVV is N8I I.
W3LPL isn't a call I would have chosen, but Frank started out as K1LPL and
didn't want to lose that suffix. Repetition in a different way. Shorter is
not always better.
Whatever your callsign is, there's nothing like being on the air for decades

with the same call and having your callsign in people's heads and "check
partial" databases.
73,


Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com