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JOSEPH OLSEN

Re: Vanity call question

I was originally licensed as KN3OTM as a “rock bound” Novice in Baltimore, MD. Then K3OTM as a Technician.

Years later in Kansas when I got back to our hobby I was N0LLN until I passed my Extra Class exam and was assigned AA0BV by the FCC.

I like the CW sound of the AA0BV .- .- - - - - - -... ...- and will keep this call. When I first arrived in CM88 the “0” caused some confusion on VHF but with all the vanity calls and the easy internet lookup of call signs my “0” is no longer remarkable.

Joe Olsen
707-536-7332

> On Jul 13, 2018, at 5:50 PM, Bob <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> My call was issued prior to the Vanity calls. When I became eligible calls using my initials were available but I hesitated to change. They were gone when I decided to go for a two letter call. So the least amount of change was having the R dropped from K2TKR. Not a bad call but have had the TK read as Q often enough. Years ago was given Tea Kettle for phonetics and do use it.
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> 73,
> Bob
> K2TK ex KN2TKR (1956) & K2TKR
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Tony Estep

Re: Vanity call question

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I like my call.
Tony KT0NY
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Carl Yaffey

Re: Vanity call question

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A friend who’s last name is Neil got NE1L.

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William Wisbey

Re: Vanity call question

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That is a nice one.

I was originally N0SCK “november zero South Central Kansas

One day I was goofing around and discovered that my current call W1SBY was available. The similarity to my last name was too close to pass it up. Especially considering that Wisby is a common misspelling of my name.

73

Allen Wisbey, W1SBY

> On Jul 13, 2018, at 8:06 PM, Tony Estep <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> I like my call.
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Jim Allen

Re: Vanity call question

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Those who were alert and were able to request your name or initials were very lucky.

I wanted mine but those are all taken, so I’ve been thinking of changing my name to Octavius Garibaldi Calhoun.

73 Jim Allen W6OGC
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k6dgw

Re: Vanity call question

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Interesting Bert, and great on CW. It has always seemed to me that
Morse characters that begin with a dit, when strung together, seem to
have a "clean" rhythm. Perhaps the epitome is W1AW, but K4AR does
pretty good too. N6KR is pretty good even though 3 of the 4 start with
a dah. K6DGW sort of sucks in this department, 4 of the 5 are
dah-starts. By the time vanity licensing came along, I'd had the call
long enough that I didn't want to give it up.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 7/13/2018 3:33 PM, Bert Rollen wrote:

> I went for K4 Amateur Radio.
>
> Carrying on the heritage of the two guys before me.
>
> de Bert, K4AR
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]> On Behalf Of ANDY DURBIN
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2018 1:28 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [Elecraft] Vanity call question
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> "I want to learn about vanity call signs, why would I want one? What do they represent?"
>
>
> A vanity call is one that is self selected rather than being the next in order assigned by FCC. The main reason for getting one is ....vanity. Many select a vanity call that represents their name or initials. Some because the call comes close to spelling a word that has significance for them. Some because it represents an area of interest.
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> In my case I was assigned G3WYC by UK GPO back in 1967. I chose the vanity call K3WYC when I became licensed in USA.
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> 73,
>
> Andy k3wyc
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Phil Kane-2

Re: Vanity call question

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On 7/13/2018 10:27 AM, ANDY DURBIN wrote:

> A vanity call is one that is self selected rather than being the next
> in order assigned by FCC. The main reason for getting one is
> ....vanity. Many select a vanity call that represents their name or
> initials. Some because the call comes close to spelling a word that
> has significance for them. Some because it represents an area of
> interest.

And some, like myself, use the system to reclaim an earlier call that
had to be turned in when moving to a different call area "back when".
Some use the system to get a call that was held by a deceased family
member. I know one young ham who reclaimed the call of his late
*Great-Grandfather* !

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

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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Stan Horzepa

Re: Vanity call question

Getting this off my chest before the moderator kills this off-topic
thread...

My call is not a vanity call although most people think it is. It is an
FCC sequential call, which I received when I got my Novice license back
in the late 1960s. WN1LOU transitioned to WA1LOU when I upgraded to
Technician.

Whereas some folks get vanity calls to match their names, my random call
became my name. More often than not, I am called "Lou" rather than
"Stan." I've been called worse, so I am very comfortable with being
called "Lou."

That's my story and I am sticking with it.

Stan/Lou, WA1LOU
Downtown Wolcott, CT

On 7/14/18 10:44 PM, Phil Kane wrote:

> On 7/13/2018 10:27 AM, ANDY DURBIN wrote:
>
>> A vanity call is one that is self selected rather than being the next
>> in order assigned by FCC. The main reason for getting one is
>> ....vanity. Many select a vanity call that represents their name or
>> initials. Some because the call comes close to spelling a word that
>> has significance for them. Some because it represents an area of
>> interest.
> And some, like myself, use the system to reclaim an earlier call that
> had to be turned in when moving to a different call area "back when".
> Some use the system to get a call that was held by a deceased family
> member. I know one young ham who reclaimed the call of his late
> *Great-Grandfather* !
>
> 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
> Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402
>
> >From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
> Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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Tom Azlin W7SUA-2

Re: Vanity call question

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I did not go full circle.

My novice call was WN7SUA living in Arizona but I never upgraded ( even
though I think I could just have taken the test for Tech Class). 10
years later I got back in ham radio as N4ZPT while in Virginia. When we
both retired and moved back to Arizona I requested and received W7SUA.
Would have been my call had I upgraded from Novice to General. I am the
second holder of WN7SUA and W7SUA best I can tell.

Great thread. Hope it has not been closed! If so my apologies!

73, tom w7sua

On 7/13/2018 3:35 PM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
> KN1CBR was issued as my Novice call in 1957. Then for a number of years as a General and Extra I was K1CBR. Late in life I was struck by nostalgia and requested KN1CBR again in an effort to recapture my youth. I got the call, but the youth that went with it had apparently been assigned to someone else.
>
> Ted, KN1CBR
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