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I had N6UT as a good CW call when I was in California.

Then I moved to Washington in 1977 and got K7IM another good CW call.

(There was another reason I wanted K7IM, but I forgot what it was.)

Cheers,
Kim - K7IM

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[Clay Freinwald]

> On Jul 13, 2018, at 4:58 PM, Ken G Kopp <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Trivia:. Usta be that all "K" calls on the BC band were east of the
> Mississippi River.
>
> WFAA and WBAP in Ft Worth share a common studio and transmitter and split
> hours of call use.
>
*********

There are a few leftovers from before the Commish nailed down the
Mississippi
W/K line -

Examples are  -

KYW in Philly
WOAI in San Antonio

Been in Broadcasting since 1961 and in my career I've work for a number of
Radio stations with 3-letter calls - KMO, KTW...Sadly the FCC determined
That once an owner changed them to 4-Letters there was no going back.

On the Amateur Side - I've had K7CR for about 43 years ..Been very
Pleased with it, on Phone and CW.  (Even tho it ends in a Dit)

Clay

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[Buddy Brannan]

Well…I’ve had mine for 30 years, nearly 31. While I’ve toyed with the idea of changing it, either to K5ELV or some other fun thing (X5LID is tempting…X being any 1-letter prefix), I’ve never been able to bring myself to actually doing it, not even when I moved to 3-land. Now that I’m moving back to 5-land it seems even less imperative. And even less since all of these here new young whipper snappers are getting W 1X3’s and K1X3’s and no one knows ow long anyone’s really been around anymore. So I keep my original because, well, it’s original. And besides, it has a great cw rhythm, in spite of, or perhaps because of, the E right there after the 5.

Vy 73, de KB5ELV

> On Jul 14, 2018, at 8:26 PM, K7CR <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>
>> On Jul 13, 2018, at 4:58 PM, Ken G Kopp <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Trivia:. Usta be that all "K" calls on the BC band were east of the
>> Mississippi River.
>>
>> WFAA and WBAP in Ft Worth share a common studio and transmitter and split
>> hours of call use.
>>
> *********
>
> There are a few leftovers from before the Commish nailed down the
> Mississippi
> W/K line -
>
> Examples are  -
>
> KYW in Philly
> WOAI in San Antonio
>
> Been in Broadcasting since 1961 and in my career I've work for a number of
> Radio stations with 3-letter calls - KMO, KTW...Sadly the FCC determined
> That once an owner changed them to 4-Letters there was no going back.
>
> On the Amateur Side - I've had K7CR for about 43 years ..Been very
> Pleased with it, on Phone and CW.  (Even tho it ends in a Dit)
>
> Clay
>
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[Phil Kane-2]

On 7/14/2018 5:26 PM, K7CR wrote:

> Been in Broadcasting since 1961 and in my career I've work for a number of
> Radio stations with 3-letter calls - KMO, KTW...Sadly the FCC determined
> That once an owner changed them to 4-Letters there was no going back.

There have been several "reclaimed" 3-letter call signs since - KRE in
Berkeley comes to mind.  I'm not sure if KYA in San Francisco ever went
through with it but it was being considered.

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
Vice-Chair - SBE Chapter 124
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Hi
I live in the Sea area which has several 3-letter calls on the air. KVI 570, KJR 950, and KJR-FM 95.7. There were more but KOL 1130(I think) and  a station in Fife are gone. The KJR stations are different formats.
73
Jim H
K7SSS 
 
In a message dated 7/15/2018 9:39:53 AM Pacific Standard Time, [hidden email] writes:

 
 On 7/14/2018 5:26 PM, K7CR wrote:

> Been in Broadcasting since 1961 and in my career I've work for a number of
> Radio stations with 3-letter calls - KMO, KTW...Sadly the FCC determined
> That once an owner changed them to 4-Letters there was no going back.

There have been several "reclaimed" 3-letter call signs since - KRE in
Berkeley comes to mind. I'm not sure if KYA in San Francisco ever went
through with it but it was being considered.

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
Vice-Chair - SBE Chapter 124
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