"Keyboard In The Noise" wrote in message
news:42Hxc.1358$tI2.308@fed1read07...
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Unlike today, you could always
tell where a ham station was located by the callsign.
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Nonsense. Even if people were still required to change their calls when
moving, in many call areas you cannot tell where someone is located by their
numerical character. An 8 call can be anywhere from the upper peninsula of
Michigan down through West Virginia. Someone with a zero call can be
anywhere from the Minnesota northern border down through Missouri.

For those who say that it helps them point their beam, once again nonsense.
If someone in Illinois hears an 8 call, the range of possibilities for
pointing that beam goes from NNE to SW.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE