Pat:
In my view, there's nothing wrong with your call! Would work great on both
phone and CW.
So, don't change it, and risk taxing the memory part of the brain more than
needed with a new call.
That's also part of my concern with getting a new call, and I'm younger than
you! (LOL)
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Pat Byrne
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 12:44 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: CW Calls, WAS Stan has a new call
Tjom,
i sometimes think about changing my call to a letter, nine and nmy first and
last initials. However, whenever I check the database, they aren't
available. And the people who have them don't have the correct initials!!
But I've had this one since 1958 and at the end of the day, I'll probably
keep it! I couldn't remember a new one!
pat, K9JAUAt 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
|
