We had the same problem with one of our original club calls for the Big
Rapids Area Amateur Radio Club.

The call we got was KC8BKK.

Needless to say, we never used that one in field day, especially on CW!

Shortly after getting that call, we applied for, and got our current club
call that we use for Field Days and other operating events.  The call is
N8OE!

That one is a real pleasure to use in phone or CW.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Dave Basden
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 2:55 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: CW Calls, WAS Stan has a new call

Our club call for Rogue Valley ARC was W7OEK, which was confusing in contest
as sometimes the K was interpreted as an invitation to transmit.  We changed
it to W7DTA a couple of years back and that has worked out well for us.

73,

Dave, W7OQ

At 09:40 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