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