Text 4308, 81 rader
Skriven 2011-02-05 00:14:24 av Richard Webb (1:116/901.0)
   Kommentar till text 4307 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
Ärende: Change of address with FCC
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HI ROy,

On Fri 2039-Feb-04 14:42, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Richard Webb:

Roy> I'll take that back. There is presently no cost for renewal or
Roy> modification. Just updated my email address.

YEp, didn't charge me to change my address with the vanity
when I moved here, but they will for renewal <grin>.

<snip>
 Roy>> I'm sick of sequential calls. None of my prior calls suited me as
 Roy>> well as the one I have now.

 RW> yEah know what you mean.  my sequential stunk for phonetics
 RW> on phone, was fair for the code, but not near as good as
 RW> this one.  I like it, great cw rhythm and works good on
 RW> phone so I'll pay for it again next year <g>.

Roy> The only sequential I had that was great with code was my Novice
Roy> call - WD6DOI...after I upgraded to General, I got N6AGT, which
Roy> wasn't worth a damn on either phone or code, while my test-mate
Roy> buddy got AGX. When I made Advanced, KB6PI was a bit better on phone
Roy> and code, but 2x2 calls stunk, IMO. I think K6RXT is very good on
Roy> both methods.

YEp, has a good rhythm for the code.

<snip>

 RW> YEah that does sound like a good one.  Kathy's dad was a ww2 navy
 RW> radioman in the pacific, and had a call sign before then, but after
 RW> wife kids divorce etc. he let his lapse.  We can find his wn0 call
 RW> from once he got a novice call back in the late '70's again, which
 RW> iirc got converted to a wd0 when he upgraded,

Roy> My 1970 original Novice call was WN6ABE...I let it expire and didn't
Roy> get back into radio until 1976...due to the same scenario as Kathy's
Roy> dad.

YEp, a couple decades between those times <grin>.  we'll
keep the qcwa guys hunting though, they'll find it
eventually I hope.

 RW> but we want to find his original and see if Kathy can get it under
 RW> the vanity program.  I've got a couple of qcwa guys poring over old
 RW> call books from before they were put online looking for it, and if
 RW> they get a hit then we'll have her apply for it if she's eligible.

Roy> Last I looked, you had to be an Extra to get those WN calls. Maybe
Roy> that's changed now.

YEp, if it's any 1 by 3 she's eligible with her general, and I assume that's
probably what it was, cause she remembers
him operating hf phone back when she was a little girl, says his shack was her
bedroom in those years.

 Roy>> Last time I looked, K5RXT was available, but I would really hate to
 Roy>> change it now. Maybe at renewal time I'll think about it.

 RW> Can understand that.  IT gets to be like your name after
 RW> awhile, you get used to being called by it, and identifying
 RW> yourself by it.  Hard to change after awhile.

Roy> I don't have a problem with changing it, I just like it, since it's
Roy> the first call I've had that I do like.

YEah just can't find anything else I like.  ONly downside to nf5b is that a guy
in Tx. used to have it, and did a lot of
horsetrading and swapping.  I've never gotten the "yo dude
you gave me a bumb deal on ... " thing, but every once in
awhile I'll talk to somebody on the air who says they have a piece of gear with
that call sign marked on it from when he
owned it.  I also occasionally get qsl cards from years ago
that were his contacts, and the sender is really hoping for
a card back <grin>.

Regards,
           Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+
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