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obtw - dunno if I ever explained why I stopped editing your call out,
Kim. (Forgive me if you've seen this before.)

I still think your callsign is "inappropriate" for ham radio. Just my
opinion. But it's not my callsign, it's yours, and FCC handed it out
and some others like it, including one in 6 land that has been held by
someone with the first name "Michael" as far back as 1979.

Then it occurred to me that if I heard you on the air I'd certainly
give you a call and hopefully have a QSO. Which would mean giving your
callsign on the ham bands.

Which meant that, inappropriate or not, I'd use your call on the air
but not on Usenet. And that's quite illogical, I think.

So I stopped editing it out.

73 de Jim, N2EY


Well...no explanation needed but, no, I had not seen any reason why you were
not, or whether you were even conscious of the fact that you were not.

Yep, I always wondered what would happen if I gave you a call on the air.
Now, I know. And, I'm glad to see that you would not have ignored me!
Although, there are ways around using my callsign on the air. I am the only
one who has to give it, ya know.

Hmmmm, maybe I shoulda just left well enough alone. By the way, Michael, in
Florida (if that is who you are speaking of) doesn't have that call any
more.

Kim W5TIT

Kim wrote:
wrote in message
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obtw - dunno if I ever explained why I stopped editing your call out,
Kim. (Forgive me if you've seen this before.)

I still think your callsign is "inappropriate" for ham radio. Just my
opinion. But it's not my callsign, it's yours, and FCC handed it out
and some others like it, including one in 6 land that has been held by
someone with the first name "Michael" as far back as 1979.

Then it occurred to me that if I heard you on the air I'd certainly
give you a call and hopefully have a QSO. Which would mean giving your
callsign on the ham bands.

Which meant that, inappropriate or not, I'd use your call on the air
but not on Usenet. And that's quite illogical, I think.

So I stopped editing it out.

73 de Jim, N2EY


Well...no explanation needed but, no, I had not seen any reason why you were
not, or whether you were even conscious of the fact that you were not.

OK

Yep, I always wondered what would happen if I gave you a
call on the air.

I would have responded if possible, of course.

Now, I know. And, I'm glad to see that you would not have
ignored me!

Only way would have been if I could not respond.

Although, there are ways around using my callsign on the air. I am the only
one who has to give it, ya know.

Sure - but at some point I'd probably have to give you call just to be
clear about who I was in QSO with.

Hmmmm, maybe I shoulda just left well enough alone.

You mean you should have kept your old call? ;-)

Besides, when have you left well enough alone?

By the way, Michael, in
Florida (if that is who you are speaking of) doesn't have that call any more.

I did not know that! That call moved from CA to MD, last I looked. It
was in my 1979 Callbook and wasn't new then.

Of course "Michael" isn't necessarily a male-only name (remember
actress Michael Learned, who played the mother on "The Waltons"?)


Kim W5TIT

73 de Jim, N2EY

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Kim wrote:

By the way, Michael, in
Florida (if that is who you are speaking of) doesn't have that call
any more.

I did not know that! That call moved from CA to MD, last I looked. It
was in my 1979 Callbook and wasn't new then.

Of course "Michael" isn't necessarily a male-only name (remember
actress Michael Learned, who played the mother on "The Waltons"?)


Kim W5TIT

73 de Jim, N2EY


Heh heh. I have a good friend here, a lady, whose first name is Jimmy.
Spelled that way. My mom was going to name me Kimberly Charles. When I
learned of this as a teen-ager, I was quite relieved that she had not.
However, I now kinda wish she had, because I think it would be kinda neat to
have the name "Chuck!"

Michael in Florida and I corresponded about his call. I thought sure you'd
seen that news, as I have posted about it a couple of times. Let's see, he
had the call "N5TIT" didn't he? I hope my memory is serving me OK. I had
wanted the N over the W call, but he had it when I was looking it up. I
sent him a note and asked him why a man would have a call like that--let him
know I was just curious. He had the called because he wanted to "honor" the
Tet Offensive (Viet Nam era) but, when he'd been looking, TET was taken.
So, he got the TIT call.

When we corresponded, I'd asked him to let me know if he ever gave it up.
When he did, he sent me a note and let me know. I didn't do anything about
it, because W5TIT is "my call" and just fits until I end up losing my
license or die, whichever shall come first. BUT, he has now changed his
call to a "college" call, I believe it was. Isn't his last name something
like Hunter, or something? Look up the name on QRZ and you'll see what
college...or whatever it is--maybe it's even a sports team, I just don't
remember.

By the way, I pulled a little handheld out here a few weeks ago, carried it
up to my 33-story office and got on the air with my dad for about 10
minutes. First time in .... 3-4 years I've been on the air and the first
time I've even had a radio on in .... 2-3 years.

Kim W5TIT

Kim wrote:
wrote in message
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Kim wrote:

By the way, Michael, in
Florida (if that is who you are speaking of) doesn't have that call
any more.

I did not know that! That call moved from CA to MD, last I looked. It
was in my 1979 Callbook and wasn't new then.

Of course "Michael" isn't necessarily a male-only name (remember
actress Michael Learned, who played the mother on "The Waltons"?)


Kim W5TIT

73 de Jim, N2EY


Heh heh. I have a good friend here, a lady, whose first name is Jimmy.
Spelled that way.

There's also the actress James King...

My mom was going to name me Kimberly Charles. When I
learned of this as a teen-ager, I was quite relieved that she
had not.
However, I now kinda wish she had, because I think it would be kinda neat to
have the name "Chuck!"

Could be worse. Could have been "Kimberley Clark..."

Michael in Florida and I corresponded about his call. I
thought sure you'd
seen that news, as I have posted about it a couple of times.
Let's see, he
had the call "N5TIT" didn't he? I hope my memory is serving me OK.

It was a 6 land call. Same suffix, tho.

I had
wanted the N over the W call, but he had it when I was looking it up. I
sent him a note and asked him why a man would have a call like that--let him
know I was just curious. He had the called because he wanted to "honor" the
Tet Offensive (Viet Nam era) but, when he'd been looking, TET was taken.

Yes! I remember now!

So, he got the TIT call.

And FCC gave it to him.

When we corresponded, I'd asked him to let me know if he ever
gave it up.
When he did, he sent me a note and let me know. I didn't do
anything about
it, because W5TIT is "my call" and just fits until I end up
losing my
license or die, whichever shall come first. BUT, he has now
changed his
call to a "college" call, I believe it was. Isn't his last
name something
like Hunter, or something?

Oh no, I'm not going for that old joke...

Look up the name on QRZ and you'll see what
college...or whatever it is--maybe it's even a sports team, I
just don't remember.

I'll take a look. Thanks for the info.

By the way, I pulled a little handheld out here a few weeks ago, carried it
up to my 33-story office and got on the air with my dad for about 10
minutes. First time in .... 3-4 years I've been on the air and the first
time I've even had a radio on in .... 2-3 years.

Cool! Glad to hear it.

Kim W5TIT

73 de Jim, N2EY