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Old August 20th 06, 07:52 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.misc
Alex Alex is offline
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Default Creating vanity callsign with personal name..

Hi Everyone,

I'm new to amateur radio, and I was wondering what folks think of
creating a vanity callsign based on one's personal name? I've only had
my callsign for a week, and it's really not grabbing me. The letter
combination isn't easy to say, and quite honestly I don't care for it.
I've decided to do a vanity callsign, but I was wondering if some look
at it as vain or dumb to use one's name within the vanity callsign.
For example what about someone named John using KW3JON or Tom K3TOM?

Just curious what folks think of such callsigns. I'm working on
getting my license upgraded, and if/when i make it to Expert I might
change to a 1x2 callsign (isn't that an option?). But for now I just
need something I'm familiar with.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts on this ..

Alex