Just checked and W9JAU has expired last March, but I don't think i 
want to just change the first letter.  met him years and years ago at 
a hamfest.
patAt 11:40 AM 9/19/2015, you wrote:
>Lloyd:
>
>I've always liked your call as a CW call.  It just works, and is very easy
>to copy.
>
>There have been times when I have wanted to change my KB8TYJ call to one
>that is more CW friendly, but it seems like most can copy it fine in a
>contest.  The only errors I get sometimes are KB8TQJ or KB8T Y P.  It
>happens surprisingly infrequently, though.
>
>Anyway, I guess I'll stick with the call for a while, but may consider
>something like N8TYJ, K8TYJ, or W8TYJ, if they are available at the time.
>
>Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Lloyd Rasmussen
>Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 10:22 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Stan has a new call
>
>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