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
-----Original Message----- 
From: Buddy Brannan
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 2:46 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Stan has a new call

Great on cw? I dunno, the e's might get lost in between static crashes =
sometimes. But it's a machine gun call, which is kinda cool by itself. =
Must admit to liking that someone else thinks about what a call will =
sound like on cw. It's why I kept this one...well, apart from being =
attached to it for 28 years, it has a great rhythm.=20

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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: 814-860-3194=20
Mobile: 814-431-0962
Email: [log in to unmask]




> On Sep 18, 2015, at 2:22 PM, Alan R. Downing <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Now that Stan has relocated from Hawaii to Florida, he has changed his =
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> from KH6CG, to KE5EE.  He chose the call for two reasons.  First, it =
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> terrific CW call, and secondly, his wife goes by the name of Eeee.  We =
have
> been watching that call for a year now, and thankfully it was still
> available 3 weeks ago when Stan decided to pull the trigger.
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> Alan - N7MIT
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> Alan R. Downing
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> Phoenix, AZ
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