When I was living in Minnesota my call was N0HOK and a friend called me hairless old kid as I'm getting a bit then on top.  

Scott
ZL1CHM / N0HOK

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On 4/03/2014, at 3:02 PM, Steve Dresser <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Lou,
> 
> Roger had an unbelievably good signal up in Connecticut.  He'd come on, and 
> the band would go completely quiet.  It was like listening to a local 
> broadcast station.  He used to hang around with a bunch of guys that 
> gathered on 40 meters around 5:00 in the afternoon.  Among them was W3SCB 
> (Morris) and a guy named Al, whose call ended in KRQ.
> 
> Steve
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 19:14
> Subject: Re: Fhonetic Calls With Meaning
> 
> 
>> Yep, I was an SWL then too and I remember him, Steve. That was Roger and 
>> he
>> had a Johnson desk KW. another one of those guys was Bob, W3 tiny pink
>> elephants in Westchester Pa. Having my own call sign was certainly part of
>> the incentive for me to finally get my ticket.
>> Lou Kolb
>> Voice-over Artist:
>> Radio/TV Ads, Video narrations
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>> www.loukolb.com
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 7:00 PM
>> Subject: Re: Fhonetic Calls With Meaning
>> 
>> 
>>> Lou,
>>> 
>>> When I first started listening to the ham bands, there was a guy from
>>> Springfield, PA who called himself "3 empty beer mugs."
>>> 
>>> Steve
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 18:02
>>> Subject: Re: Fhonetic Calls With Meaning
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Some from this area include:
>>>> 
>>>> Kicked by 3 old mules and I like girls. And I'm in a group every week
>>>> with
>>>> K2 fuzzy wuzzy. mine is a bit tough because of the X but at least it
>>>> spells
>>>> a word. And an especially appropriate word for a broadcaster. No one
>>>> believes me but it was original issue and not a vanity call.  lou 
>>>> WA3MIX
>>>> Lou Kolb
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>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 4:46 PM
>>>> Subject: Fhonetic Calls With Meaning
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> You will have to slow down reading this message and you might have to
>>>>> spell
>>>>> a few by individual letters to get the idea.  I remember how hard we 
>>>>> all
>>>>> used to work back in the day, as they say, trying to find phonetics 
>>>>> that
>>>>> had
>>>>> meaning.  For example, I was WA0ORO and friends called me Old Rotten
>>>>> oranges, old rotten operator, onion rings only, I used Oranges 
>>>>> Radishes,
>>>>> and
>>>>> onions, and a few others.  A friend was old dead horse,, another was
>>>>> dirty
>>>>> hams underwear, he was my Elmore, hot Quaker Oats, I tickle women, old
>>>>> yellow toilet, slippery yellow banana, wild blue yonder, old rotten
>>>>> apples,
>>>>> April may and June, hop skip and a jump, mighty quick microphone,
>>>>> Maximum
>>>>> Quality maintained, who helped me study electronics and explain things 
>>>>> I
>>>>> couldn't understand at 15 related to studying for the advance and extra
>>>>> so
>>>>> he was an Elmer, too, loud mouth amateur, onions with jellow, old milk
>>>>> bottle,Sweet Hawaiian oranges, a two letter call a friend has I call 
>>>>> him
>>>>> Corn Radio CR, Another friend used to be two left feet, and here are a
>>>>> couple you have to stop and think about for a second or two, pennies,
>>>>> nickels and dimes, PND, and another was Ones, nines, and eights or
>>>>> WA0ONE.
>>>>> Nine pound hammer, two gun Louie, A CW buddy of mine I call Curly Moe
>>>>> and
>>>>> Larry so I call him Curly for short but he won't let anybody else call
>>>>> him
>>>>> that; not even for a nick name.  I have a friend who used to be NF0Z 
>>>>> and
>>>>> he
>>>>> would sometimes identify as 9 5 0 0 and screw everybody up thinking he
>>>>> was
>>>>> a
>>>>> CB operator on the wrong frequency.  Don't pay cash is a friend here in
>>>>> Denver, Howard's pig farm, he's passed away long ago now, hot water
>>>>> pipes,
>>>>> Horses hind end, and many others that will likely come to mind.  Of
>>>>> course,
>>>>> as always, there are a few I can't repeat.  Want to add to the list?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Phil.
>>>>> K0NX
>>