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Date: | Sat, 19 Sep 2015 13:11:03 -0400 |
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I was WB5ADC from August of 1970 until November of 1996.
When I was preparing to submit my list of vanity call choices, I sat
down with a keyer, and sent various 2 and 3 letter combinations to see
how they sounded, as well as how it felt to send them.
A few combinations sounded okay, but were awful to send, while others
just didn't sound smooth no matter how I sent them.
My first choice was N5MD, just because it would be cool to have my
initials as my call. That wasn't a bad CW call either. Another person
with the MD initials received that call before my application was processed.
K5XU was my second choice. As soon as I began using it, I realized what
a great call I had gotten for CW. It is okay for voice work, but it
really rocks on CW at any speed.
I had very little trouble remembering to use the new call on CW, but it
took me two forevers to not stutter through WB5, uh, K5XU, on phone.
Looking back, I hope Mark Dempsky is as happy with N5MD as I am with
K5XU. I would not trade calls with him.
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Mike Duke, K5XU
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