The rule at the time was you were supposed to change the call to where you
lived. Even had to notify the gummit when you were on the move.

Wayne came up with a novel approach to the problem, but most people couldn't
use that solution.

It's just that once it became ok to take your call with you, it was one less
thing to have as an issue in 73.


"Larry Roll K3LT" wrote in message
...
In article , "Bill
Newkirk"
writes:

Plus he didn't have any idea on what to do once a lot of his "issues"
were
addressed (such as holding W2NSD when living in 1 land)...

Bill:

What's wrong with holding an out-of-area call sign? I spent seven years
as
N3CRA while stationed in Germany and New York, and subsequently spent
six years as WR2F while stationed in Colorado and Delaware. Holding an
out-of-area call sign has been "legal" for at least as long as I've been a
ham,
and that's over 23 years now.

Wayne now seems to be a sucker for every half-baked idea that comes
along.
(heard the program, sad.)

I heard the broadcast myself, in it's entirety. It made me cringe. If I
had
not been
reading his "Never Say Die" Editorials (purely for fun) in 73 Magazine for
years, I
would have thought that this guy was a total fruitcake, and so must be
everyone
else who claims to be a "ham radio" operator. I'm concerned that a lot of
non-ham listeners may have reached that very conclusion, but then again,
those
who listen to "Coast to Coast" are probably already predisposed in that
direction. The only reason I listened was that I was taking a long
night-drive
from Delaware to New York, and that W2NSD just happened to be the "Guest
Nutcase" that evening.

73 de Larry, K3LT