"Steve Robeson K4YZ" wrote


As it happens, I found the item I was looking for in QST...It was
just a
lot earlier than I thought.


OK, I'll call your bluff. "Prove it" as you're so fond of demanding of
others --- issue date and page number would do nicely.

73, de Hans, K0HB

Subject: Who Can Have A US License? Sequential Calls?
From: "KØHB"
Date: 11/27/2004 9:54 PM Central Standard Time
Message-id: . net



"Steve Robeson K4YZ" wrote


As it happens, I found the item I was looking for in QST...It was
just a
lot earlier than I thought.


OK, I'll call your bluff. "Prove it" as you're so fond of demanding of
others --- issue date and page number would do nicely.

There's no bluff to call, Master Grief.

I have already deleted the letter I got from the League, but I believe it
was a 92 or 98 issue. Call it whatever you care to, but being "called" by you
is the LEAST of my concerns.

Have fun.

Steve, K4YZ

"Steve Robeson K4YZ" wrote

As it happens, I found the item I was looking for in QST...It
just a lot earlier than I thought...

OK, I'll call your bluff. "Prove it" as you're so fond of demanding
of
others --- issue date and page number would do nicely.


There's no bluff to call, Master Grief.

I have already deleted the letter I got from the League, but I
believe it
was a 92 or 98 issue. Call it whatever you care to, but being
"called" by you
is the LEAST of my concerns.

Convenient, Steve, but fortunately Google didn't also delete the letter.

QUOTE

Steve,

I have a couple of possibilities for you:

Jul 1992 QST p 40--Wally and Mike: The Podunk Repeater Club--Kearman,
Jim, KR1S

May 2000, "Correspondence," "No Lids, No Kids, No Space Cadets" by Dave
Mitchell, K8DM

If that particular installment of "Wally and Mike" isn't the one you
remember,
it may have been another in the series. Search the on-line index for
author
KR1S and you'll find the others.

Hope this is helpful.

73, Joel
Joel P. Kleinman, N1BKE
Managing Editor, QST

UNQUOTE

Good luck on this one now, Steve.

73, de Hans, K0HB

"garigue" wrote in
news:MXaqd.474097$D%.46822@attbi_s51:


I don't think much of that either. There's a possibility of me
moving to Michigan. I wouldn't want to give up N3KIP for some KI8@&
call. I prefer a 1x3 to a 2x2, and I don't want to pay for a vanity
call.

Well, there you have it. I consider myself lucky to have gotten a
1x2; 2x1s sound backwards to me. As in "where's the rest of it?"


I couldn't agree more


I couldn't agree less ......any call that starts with a N is bogus in
my book ....those LETTERS belong on the tail of
a 1905 Wright Flyer not flying through the sacred ether. I got my call
after a few months of having my extra and it was granted in sequence
....... I was going to keep my WA3PPS but it just got too cumbersome.

In all seriousness I could care less about who has what or whatever
...I just like the variety out there and am actually entertained by
some of the really cumbersome CW calls out there. I rarely get on
phone but I do get K13R from time to time from an old-timer .....good
for a chuckle. I tell them the 13th call district is SW Pa. Now if I
could only get up a decent antenna .....another story for another time.

Take care guys .... God Bless ...... Tom Popovic KI3R Belle Vernon
Pa.




The funny thing is that calls with digits after the prefix are not allowed
on planes by ITU rules. In fact the amateur service is pretty much the only
service where FCC calls actually comply with ITU rules, almost all the rest
are in violation.

The correct ITU format for a plane would be like N-ABC for example, where
the dash _is_ a dash, not a placeholder for something else. That's the sort
of call you'll see on planes of all other nations, if you should chance to
hang around an international airport.

In article , Alun
writes:

The UK has no reciprocal licences per se, only permanent or temporary
licences. If you give a UK address you can get a permanent licence,
which is the same licence you get for passing a test. If not, you get a
temporary licence with a portable call. Either way there is a fee, and
for the temporary licence you pay the regular annual fee for only six
months.

So if I ever get to the UK for a vacation, I can get a distinctive UK
license based on my US license (no test)?

You can, you just need someone in the UK who will act as a mail drop,
Otherwise you will just get M0/N2EY if you have it mailed to you direct.
Hmmm, that's almost M0NEY, and I don't think that one has been issued
either.

Seems to me the USA could easily adopt a similar system.

So why can't the USA do something similar for legitimate visitors?

It could, but I can't imagine the FCC wanting to be directly involved

If the fees bring in revenue...

Naw, just lump them in with special event callsigns.

Those are 1x1 calls. How does that work for KH2?

What I meant was that just as there are special rules and callsigns for special
event stations, (including the license term being very short), the same sort of
thing could be done for visitors.


Some have residences both places. Others visit with friends or
relatives up here in summer, then go south during the cold. Under
your plan, they'd be forced to lose their call, or lie to the FCC.

I don't think much of that either. There's a possibility of me moving
to Michigan. I wouldn't want to give up N3KIP for some KI8@& call. I
prefer a 1x3 to a 2x2, and I don't want to pay for a vanity call.

Well, there you have it. I consider myself lucky to have gotten a 1x2;
2x1s sound backwards to me. As in "where's the rest of it?"

I couldn't agree more

The above was meant tongue-in-cheek, of course!

73 de Jim, N2EY

Subject: Who Can Have A US License? Sequential Calls?
From: "KØHB"
Date: 11/28/2004 9:36 AM Central Standard Time
Message-id: . net



"Steve Robeson K4YZ" wrote

As it happens, I found the item I was looking for in QST...It
just a lot earlier than I thought...

OK, I'll call your bluff. "Prove it" as you're so fond of demanding
of
others --- issue date and page number would do nicely.


There's no bluff to call, Master Grief.

I have already deleted the letter I got from the League, but I
believe it
was a 92 or 98 issue. Call it whatever you care to, but being
"called" by you
is the LEAST of my concerns.

Convenient, Steve, but fortunately Google didn't also delete the letter.

QUOTE

Steve,

I have a couple of possibilities for you:

Jul 1992 QST p 40--Wally and Mike: The Podunk Repeater Club--Kearman,
Jim, KR1S

May 2000, "Correspondence," "No Lids, No Kids, No Space Cadets" by Dave
Mitchell, K8DM

If that particular installment of "Wally and Mike" isn't the one you
remember,
it may have been another in the series. Search the on-line index for
author
KR1S and you'll find the others.

Hope this is helpful.

73, Joel
Joel P. Kleinman, N1BKE
Managing Editor, QST

UNQUOTE

Good luck on this one now, Steve.

73, de Hans, K0HB

Well there ya go then, Hans.

No luck needed...You had it all the time.

So...were you just trolling for a fight, or your RRF (*) is in the high
90's?

Steve, K4YZ

( * ) Rectal Retention Factor

In article . net, "KØHB"
writes:

"N2EY" wrote
writes:

"N2EY" wrote

Ah yes, "a boy and his radio", not a net-connected, cluster-spoon-fed,
computer-dependent robo-station

Can I use that description?

No, because some W4 will 'remember' reading it first in CQ or QST and
publicly smear your name as a plagiarist without first checking her
facts. I've seen it happen.

bwaahaahaa

73, de Hans, K0HB/4ID

PS: I hereby grant to N2EY permission for royalty-free use of my
description "net-connected, cluster-spoon-fed, computer-dependent
robo-station©" for any non-commercial purpose.

Just sent in my SS logs. Perhaps I'll include the above in my online soapbox...

btw, have been considering using CT for next year. Since it's DOS-based,
cobbling together a computer to run it in the shack would be a no-cost exercise
for me (have quite a computer boneyard here!) Do you still recommend CT, Hans?
(saw your call on the website).

Or will that revoke my permission to use your description? ;-)

73 de Jim, N2EY

"N2EY" wrote


btw, have been considering using CT for next year. Since it's DOS-based,
cobbling together a computer to run it in the shack would be a no-cost
exercise
for me (have quite a computer boneyard here!) Do you still recommend CT, Hans?
(saw your call on the website).


Yes, I recommend CT. It's still pretty much the 'gold standard' in contesting
software, can't beat the price, and the support is first-rate. Bob Gates should
support his stuff as well as K1EA does!


Didn't hear you in ARRL-160 this weekend. Condx were phenomenal. Had a JA call
ME on Saturday night.

73, de Hans, K0HB

"KØHB" wrote in message
k.net...
"N2EY" wrote


btw, have been considering using CT for next year. Since it's DOS-based,
cobbling together a computer to run it in the shack would be a no-cost
exercise
for me (have quite a computer boneyard here!) Do you still recommend CT,
Hans?
(saw your call on the website).


Yes, I recommend CT. It's still pretty much the 'gold standard' in
contesting
software, can't beat the price, and the support is first-rate. Bob Gates
should
support his stuff as well as K1EA does!


Didn't hear you in ARRL-160 this weekend. Condx were phenomenal. Had a
JA call
ME on Saturday night.

73, de Hans, K0HB


Lucky you!! What is your setup if I may ask? I was only in a little while
each evening and my antenna is not sufficient to hit a jackpot like that.
I'm doing well if I work Iowa from here. Although I did hear Wyoming but he
was hunting and pouncing darn it!

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE

"Dee D. Flint" wrote '


Lucky you!! What is your setup if I may ask? I was only in a little while
each evening and my antenna is not sufficient to hit a jackpot like that.
I'm doing well if I work Iowa from here. Although I did hear Wyoming but he
was hunting and pouncing darn it!


IC-775DSP, AL-1200, Inverted "L".

73, de Hans, K0HB