"Bill Newkirk" ) writes:
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.

What was his solution? I know he grumbled about being issued a new
callsign just as he was ready to move yet again, but I don't recall
how he got around it. Well, of course once he moved to New Hampshire
and stopped moving around, he kept W2NSD and operated portable. I believe
he said that he couldn't get W1NSD (though he had had "NSD" in various
districts), so he just kept W2NSD. I can't remember how he kept being
able to get "NSD" either.

I believe he used his parents address in NYC as his mailing address,
but were they around up till the time the rule about needing a callsign
to match the district disappeared?

Kids today, they don't know what it was like in the old days. Having
to log everything, and having to notify their governing when they moved.
If I'm remembering, here in Canada you even had to notify if it was
a relatively short move, like operating from a country house for
two months in the summer. Little or no choice in what callsign you
were issued.


Michael VE2BVW