Nice to mmeet you. I've been a licensed operator for about 12 years now .I'm a tech Plus so I'm looking to upgrade my license for further activity. I just went to school and put ham radio for a side to concentrate on my schooling. Now I'm back though and hope to progress further. I don't exactly recall what the prefixes herre. I think they have to start with a k or a w. I don't recall though. I don't think you can tell what region people are in with just the first feow letters kd5 kc5 etc here in texas. I'll have to read more up on the subject though as I'm out of practice with ham radio related activity.
73,
kd5fam
On Jul 14, 2011, at 3:17 PM, colin McDonald wrote:
> yup, lots of good topics here.
> everything from computers to radio and everything in between...our moderator
> is very flexible and let's things flow nicely.
> generally speaking, the computer questions or topics are either directly, or
> indirectly related to interfacing with a radio or something ham radio
> related hi.
>
> I am V A6BS QTH Edmonton Alberta Canada.
> I've been licensed for about 7 years or so. I just recently obtained my two
> letter call. In canada, you either have a prefix plus 3 letters, or a
> prefix plus 2 letters. You can apply for and get your two letter suffix
> after being licensed for 5 years.
> unless you reside in one of the VY prefix areas with low amateur population,
> in which case you can generally get a two letter suffix as your first call
> sign.
> All canadian provinces have either a Victor echo, or victor Alpha prefix,
> followed by a number which indicates the specific province.
> The acception to this being Prince Edward Island which has a VY2 prefix.
> The 3 territories use VY1, VY2 and VY0 I believe as their prefixes.
> Also, you cannot hold a call sign for another province unless you are a
> resident of that province...so in other words, I could not have a ve7 or va7
> prefix because I live in Alberta which is VE or VA6 land.
> So, you can always tell what province a canadian ham lives in by the call
> sign...different from the US now where anyone can hold another state prefix
> number where ever they live.
> Canada has a relatively low licensed amateur population, just shy of 69400
> hams...for a national population of 32 million.
>
> welcome to the list.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BS
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alonzo Cuellar" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 12:55 PM
> Subject: Re: What! NO activity all night!
>
>
>> lol hello everyone...
>> I just joined... My name is Alonzo and from Texas. Hopefully some good =
>> topics come with this list.
>>
>> 73
>> kd5fam
>>
>> On Jul 14, 2011, at 1:22 PM, colin McDonald wrote:
>>
>>> haha I was sleeping too...this list can go quiet for several days at a =
>> time=20
>>> sometimes.
>>> =20
>>> 73
>>> Colin, V A6BS
>>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>>> From: "Lowell Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:10 AM
>>> Subject: What! NO activity all night!
>>> =20
>>> =20
>>>> WOW! This is a first!
>>>> No one has been on the list through the night!
>>>> OR is the list down?
>>>> To all, have a good day.
>>>> 73
>>>> Lowell W8QIY=20
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