Harry, yeah, I used to use the call of N5UVL --
N5 ugly vicious lion and I had a shirt custom made with a big
vicious-looking lion on the back with my call and the words: ugly vicious
lion on it that I wore to the ham club meetings and to the hamfests.
You have a much better memory than I. I sure don't remember very many
calls of the people I used to work, not even those on regular skheds.
Ron, AC4HM
At 02:39 PM 8/14/2012 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Ron,
>Oh my goodness, n5UVL! I heard, or worked, that call, years ago!
>73,
>Trippy, ac8s, PS, I hope you get your old k8 call back!
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: Ronald E. Milliman=20
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 12:35 PM
> Subject: Re: vanity call!
>
>
> Greetings, this is AC4HM, Ron Milliman. I am new to this list, but I =
>am an
> old ham. I earned my first ham ticket way back in 1957 as KN8HSY.
> However, I have moved around a bit, and in the earlier days of ham =
>radio,
> when you moved from one call district to another, you were required to
> apply for a new call that represented the different call district. =
>Thus,
> when I moved from Michigan to Arizona to attend Arizona State =
>University, I
> became W7GPF; when I moved to Texas to begin my university teaching =
>career
> at the University of Texas, I became N5UVL; then, when I moved over to
> Kentucky to teach at Western Kentucky University, I became N5GSY, =
>until I
> earned my Extra class license and became AC4HM. I never really liked
> AC4HM, and as of this morning, I applied to get my old, original call =
>back
> of K8HSY. Since that was my first call, it has always had very =
>special
> memories for me. =20
>
> Curt, I wish you the best of luck in getting the vanity call you =
>requested.
> I would think that wouldn't be any problem. Actually, I found the =
>online
> process for applying for a vanity call to be pretty easy. So, if =
>anyone
> else is seriously thinking about it, you should not have any trouble =
>with
> the online procedure, providing you have your FCC Registration Number =
>(FRN)
> and password. If you don't have one, you will need to apply for one. =
>
>
> 73,
> Ron, AC4HM -- Hopefully soon to be K8HSY once again!
>
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