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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 07:29:23 PDT From: Info-Hams Mailing List and Newsgroup <info-hams@ucsd.edu> Errors-To: Info-Hams-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Info-Hams@UCSD.Edu Precedence: Bulk Subject: Info-Hams Digest V93 #1282 To: Info-Hams Info-Hams Digest Fri, 29 Oct 93 Volume 93 : Issue 1282 Today's Topics: "Vanity" Call Signs `Vanity` Call Signs ICOM 24AT problem **HELP** (2 msgs) Is the band dead -- or nobody on? MACINTOSH, HAM, ORBS$301.MICRO.AMSAT ORBS$301.MISC.AMSAT ORBS$301.OSCAR.AMSAT questionable repeater operation Slowpokes Special (vanity) calls Send Replies or notes for publication to: <Info-Hams@UCSD.Edu> Send subscription requests to: <Info-Hams-REQUEST@UCSD.Edu> Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Info-Hams Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/info-hams". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 28 Oct 93 22:17:05 GMT From: ncrgw2.ncr.com!ncrhub2!tdbunews!nsc32!wps@uunet.uu.net Subject: "Vanity" Call Signs To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article F7w@srgenprp.sr.hp.com, alanb@sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom) writes: >Pete Rossi (rossi@VFL.Paramax.COM) wrote: > >: One other thing.. Only one "vanity call" per customer... > >Oh, I dunno -- it might be nice to have a different call for your summer >home in a different call district. If someone wants to supplement the >FCC's budget to the tune of $70 per callsign, why not? > >AL N1AL ++ ++ ^ ^ | | +----+-------- Well I guess AL got his vanity call without the extra charge. Bill --- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Bill Starkgraf wps@ElSegundoCA.ncr.com | | Customer Support Engineer (310) 524-5754 | | National Support Center (800) 222-6245 x5754 | | | | NCR Corporation KD6UQB | | 100 N. Sepulveda Blvd. Simi Settlers ARC | | El Segundo, CA 90245 Simi Valley, California | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: 29 Oct 93 04:59:14 GMT From: dorsai.dorsai.org!dorsai.dorsai.org!not-for-mail@uunet.uu.net Subject: `Vanity` Call Signs To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Subject: 'Vanity' Call Signs - ON HOLD! Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc, rec.radio.amateur.policy I've been scanning through this thread and have come to the conclusion that no one knows that the program is now on indefinate hold. More on that later, but first I want to correct a popular misconception. According to the policy, vanity call signs were only to be issued to private and military radio clubs, although I'm willing to bet that it would have been extended to individuals sooner or later. The FCC will not be issuing these call signs. The vanity program would have gone into effect only after the FCC turned over the issuance of callsigns and amateur licenses to an authorized private agency under the Callsign Administrator Program. The administrator would have been selected from the 6 applicants, all of them are already in the VEC program. According to an update to the Amateur Radio Newsline last week, a report not in the transcribed version, the FCC cancelled the program on 10/13/93, seemingly because of the chalenges the applicants have made toward each other and the probability that organizations that did not get the authority would file suit against the FCC once one had been chosen. Late word I have received is that this could have included legal action by commercial testing companies who do examination and certification programs for private industries and other government agencies, who were locked out of the program. What the FCC has done instead is that it has issued a proposal for rulemaking. This proposal askes if there should be a Callsign Administrator Program and requests input on vanity callsigns. This would offically put the program into it's regulations and would have the effect of putting whoever they decide in a legally protected situation. More importantly, if the rule passes, it opens up the offical bidding process for who gets the franchise. This would place all legal chalenges BEFORE any organization was designated. Something that would be less "messy" since these actions could only ask for rulings and not seek monetary damages. Newsline did not know the proposal's docket number or the ending date for comments. We're going to have to find out what it is and send in our comments right away. You can expect at least a year, (probably two), before any 'vanity' callsigns are issued, and the long waits for amateur licenses is shortened by an Administrator. Personally, I do not want to see a commercial company administer amateur licenses. They can charge whatever they want, while amateur organizations can only charge the actual costs involved since they are non profit. Since license fees would be used to pay for the program, you can see that an amateur organization would be a better choice for all of us. *Steve Coletti A/K/A "BIG STEVE COLE" Studio Line: (212) 995-2637* * Host of CROSSBAND, The news and information program for the * * Radio, Communications and Computer Hobbist. * *Tuesdays by Satellite on Let's Talk Radio - S3/T21@5.8Mhz 10PM ET* *GEnie: S.COLETTI2 PRODIGY: BJJM02A FIDO: Big Steve 1:278/712 * *Internet: bigsteve@dorsai.dorsai.org P.O. Box 396, NY, NY 10002* ... I need an Elmer? I didn't know Mr. Fudd taught Ham Radio! ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1993 17:07:00 From: ukma!harold.ca.uky.edu!hpeach@seismo.css.gov Subject: ICOM 24AT problem **HELP** To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <1993Oct27.163820.8393@cbis.ece.drexel.edu> jpw@cbis.ece.drexel.edu (Joseph P. Wetstein) writes: >From: jpw@cbis.ece.drexel.edu (Joseph P. Wetstein) >Subject: ICOM 24AT problem **HELP** >Date: 27 Oct 93 16:38:20 GMT >I am having trouble with my ICOM 24AT HT... >I turned it on last week, and nothing happened. Nope, it wasn't the battery, >I tried my external source... >There was some static (noise) coming out, but the display was dead, and >it wouldn't transmit, etc. >I used the reset sequence, the FN key and CLR + light, and it came back >to life, and appears to work, mostly... >but when I try to type in a frequency number, it only allows me to >enter the 3rd digit! i.e. if the display reads 144.100, and I type 152, >the display will read 141.52 ... >Is it in some silly mode that I can easily get out of, or is it >hosed? To the best of my recollection, that is the DEFAULT frequency entry mode for the 24AT. You have to enter another key sequence that I can't remember now in order to allow for keyboard entry of the MHz portion of the frequency. --- Harold hpeach@ca.uky.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1993 20:57:08 GMT From: pipex!sunic!news.funet.fi!ousrvr.oulu.fi!so-patu@uunet.uu.net Subject: ICOM 24AT problem **HELP** To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <1993Oct27.163820.8393@cbis.ece.drexel.edu> jpw@cbis.ece.drexel.edu (Joseph P. Wetstein) writes: > but when I try to type in a frequency number, it only allows me to > enter the 3rd digit! i.e. if the display reads 144.100, and I type 152, > the display will read 141.52 ... > Is it in some silly mode that I can easily get out of, or is it > hosed? Try pushing 3+light when turning power on...just a guess Timo --- Timo Patana Phone: +358-81-344947 OH6NVG Diana: 9102-81-344947 University of Oulu Radio Club Mobile:+358-4049-68276 ------------------------------ Date: 27 Oct 93 20:05:02 GMT From: nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!pitt.edu!gvls1!rossi@uunet.uu.net Subject: Is the band dead -- or nobody on? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I was talking to a friend about how dead the bands seemed lately - 10 meters especially, yet we both noted the following: Why is it that the band can be open to a specific area of the world yet you only hear a very few stations from that area?? For example, the other night I was tuning around 15 meters about 9 PM local time (0100Z) and it sounded pretty dead .. but then I heard this one "PY" station. He has a reasonable signal but nothing else was on the band. It is hard to believe that in the whole continent of South America this was the only station on. I could not hear the W station he was working. Again, about a week ago I was tuning 15 meters in the early evening. Here were these *two* JA's coming through working U.S. stations. Now, here it is 8 or 9 o'clock in the morning in Japan and you are trying to tell me that only *two* stations in all of Japan are on 15 meters?? Really?? They are supposed to have more hams than we do! The more my friend and I kept talking we expanded this observation to other bands and times. Think back to how many times you tune the band and you hear this *one* nice loud station from an area and nothing else from that area. WHERE IS EVERYONE?? Sometimes I really wonder if the bands are *really* dead. Maybe everyone is listening and nobody is transmitting ;-) When is the bottom of the sunspot cycle predicted for anyway? '95? '96? ================================================================= Pete Rossi - WA3NNA rossi@vfl.paramax.COM Unisys Corporation - Government Systems Group Valley Forge Engineering Center - Paoli, Pennsylvania ================================================================= ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1993 20:44:50 GMT From: pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!news.eunet.no!nuug!news.eunet.fi!fuug!krk!krksun.krk.fi!tofi@uunet.uu.net Subject: MACINTOSH, HAM, To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Hi there!! I would like to know if there is any programs on the Macintosh to help HAMs to keep their log????? ---- Kristoffer H{ggstr|m tofi@krk.fi PS. please reply to my personal address. ------------------------------ Date: 29 Oct 93 13:30:00 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: ORBS$301.MICRO.AMSAT To: info-hams@ucsd.edu SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-301.D Orbital Elements 301.MICROS HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR THE MICROSATS FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX October 28, 1993 BID: $ORBS-301.D TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: UO-14 Catalog number: 20437 Epoch time: 93298.72689339 Element set: 907 Inclination: 98.6070 deg RA of node: 21.5185 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011128 Arg of perigee: 155.8328 deg Mean anomaly: 204.3377 deg Mean motion: 14.29799008 rev/day Decay rate: 8.5e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 19608 Checksum: 335 Satellite: AO-16 Catalog number: 20439 Epoch time: 93298.72161595 Element set: 707 Inclination: 98.6156 deg RA of node: 22.5143 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011307 Arg of perigee: 156.6454 deg Mean anomaly: 203.5244 deg Mean motion: 14.29856581 rev/day Decay rate: 8.6e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 19609 Checksum: 320 Satellite: DO-17 Catalog number: 20440 Epoch time: 93298.76860351 Element set: 707 Inclination: 98.6159 deg RA of node: 22.8081 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011473 Arg of perigee: 155.9730 deg Mean anomaly: 204.1990 deg Mean motion: 14.29993472 rev/day Decay rate: 8.8e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 19611 Checksum: 324 Satellite: WO-18 Catalog number: 20441 Epoch time: 93298.73999612 Element set: 708 Inclination: 98.6156 deg RA of node: 22.7974 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011996 Arg of perigee: 156.7230 deg Mean anomaly: 203.4497 deg Mean motion: 14.29971655 rev/day Decay rate: 7.1e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 19611 Checksum: 343 Satellite: LO-19 Catalog number: 20442 Epoch time: 93298.73359862 Element set: 707 Inclination: 98.6163 deg RA of node: 22.9939 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012327 Arg of perigee: 156.2467 deg Mean anomaly: 203.9286 deg Mean motion: 14.30063548 rev/day Decay rate: 8.4e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 19612 Checksum: 329 Satellite: UO-22 Catalog number: 21575 Epoch time: 93298.74500372 Element set: 407 Inclination: 98.4612 deg RA of node: 12.6843 deg Eccentricity: 0.0007035 Arg of perigee: 274.2635 deg Mean anomaly: 85.7748 deg Mean motion: 14.36859247 rev/day Decay rate: 1.03e-06 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 11941 Checksum: 310 Satellite: KO-23 Catalog number: 22077 Epoch time: 93298.74240246 Element set: 304 Inclination: 66.0822 deg RA of node: 50.8442 deg Eccentricity: 0.0003465 Arg of perigee: 348.4485 deg Mean anomaly: 11.6453 deg Mean motion: 12.86281536 rev/day Decay rate: .00000000 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 5663 Checksum: 276 Satellite: AO-27 Catalog number: 22825 Epoch time: 93295.64096742 Element set: 205 Inclination: 98.6795 deg RA of node: 8.5384 deg Eccentricity: 0.0007562 Arg of perigee: 177.6052 deg Mean anomaly: 182.5167 deg Mean motion: 14.27585294 rev/day Decay rate: 5.6e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 379 Checksum: 339 Satellite: IO-26 Catalog number: 22826 Epoch time: 93295.63906879 Element set: 206 Inclination: 98.6792 deg RA of node: 8.5415 deg Eccentricity: 0.0008651 Arg of perigee: 179.1527 deg Mean anomaly: 180.9670 deg Mean motion: 14.27687862 rev/day Decay rate: 7.8e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 379 Checksum: 355 Satellite: KO-25 Catalog number: 22830 Epoch time: 93298.71610244 Element set: 207 Inclination: 98.5809 deg RA of node: 11.3340 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011835 Arg of perigee: 139.9688 deg Mean anomaly: 220.2367 deg Mean motion: 14.28011695 rev/day Decay rate: 1.24e-06 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 423 Checksum: 285 /EX ------------------------------ Date: 29 Oct 93 13:44:00 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: ORBS$301.MISC.AMSAT To: info-hams@ucsd.edu SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-301.M Orbital Elements 301.MISC HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR MANNED AND MISCELLANEOUS SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX October 28, 1993 BID: $ORBS-301.M TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: MIR Catalog number: 16609 Epoch time: 93301.31899445 Element set: 540 Inclination: 51.6186 deg RA of node: 270.6474 deg Eccentricity: 0.0006514 Arg of perigee: 2.6256 deg Mean anomaly: 358.3233 deg Mean motion: 15.58550055 rev/day Decay rate: 1.2439e-04 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 43984 Checksum: 304 Satellite: HUBBLE Catalog number: 20580 Epoch time: 93301.20177863 Element set: 356 Inclination: 28.4698 deg RA of node: 286.9209 deg Eccentricity: 0.0004452 Arg of perigee: 5.5939 deg Mean anomaly: 354.4702 deg Mean motion: 14.92891768 rev/day Decay rate: 9.96e-06 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 19140 Checksum: 326 Satellite: GRO Catalog number: 21225 Epoch time: 93297.55475959 Element set: 211 Inclination: 28.4612 deg RA of node: 73.5299 deg Eccentricity: 0.0077420 Arg of perigee: 174.2221 deg Mean anomaly: 185.9288 deg Mean motion: 15.57904631 rev/day Decay rate: 1.8229e-04 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 2050 Checksum: 310 Satellite: UARS Catalog number: 21701 Epoch time: 93301.16109823 Element set: 406 Inclination: 56.9877 deg RA of node: 8.7080 deg Eccentricity: 0.0005863 Arg of perigee: 89.4282 deg Mean anomaly: 270.7416 deg Mean motion: 14.96281379 rev/day Decay rate: 8.66e-06 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 11620 Checksum: 303 Satellite: POSAT Catalog number: 22829 Epoch time: 93289.11726978 Element set: 204 Inclination: 98.6763 deg RA of node: 2.0610 deg Eccentricity: 0.0010043 Arg of perigee: 184.4594 deg Mean anomaly: 175.6498 deg Mean motion: 14.27975951 rev/day Decay rate: 7.2e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 286 Checksum: 317 /EX ------------------------------ Date: 29 Oct 93 13:27:00 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: ORBS$301.OSCAR.AMSAT To: info-hams@ucsd.edu SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-301.O Orbital Elements 301.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX October 28, 1993 BID: $ORBS-301.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-10 Catalog number: 14129 Epoch time: 93299.24383121 Element set: 206 Inclination: 27.1666 deg RA of node: 359.3410 deg Eccentricity: 0.6019738 Arg of perigee: 124.9488 deg Mean anomaly: 306.7842 deg Mean motion: 2.05883620 rev/day Decay rate: -7.2e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 7796 Checksum: 319 Satellite: UO-11 Catalog number: 14781 Epoch time: 93299.07482308 Element set: 607 Inclination: 97.8024 deg RA of node: 319.6332 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011402 Arg of perigee: 304.7018 deg Mean anomaly: 55.3113 deg Mean motion: 14.69072104 rev/day Decay rate: 2.23e-06 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 51593 Checksum: 280 Satellite: RS-10/11 Catalog number: 18129 Epoch time: 93299.10285174 Element set: 807 Inclination: 82.9272 deg RA of node: 141.8725 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011615 Arg of perigee: 322.1644 deg Mean anomaly: 37.8691 deg Mean motion: 13.72324920 rev/day Decay rate: 4.6e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 31779 Checksum: 308 Satellite: AO-13 Catalog number: 19216 Epoch time: 93291.97902075 Element set: 803 Inclination: 57.9233 deg RA of node: 288.8083 deg Eccentricity: 0.7215023 Arg of perigee: 326.4503 deg Mean anomaly: 3.7960 deg Mean motion: 2.09724992 rev/day Decay rate: -1.12e-06 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 4095 Checksum: 308 Satellite: FO-20 Catalog number: 20480 Epoch time: 93299.00186596 Element set: 604 Inclination: 99.0180 deg RA of node: 130.3366 deg Eccentricity: 0.0541032 Arg of perigee: 150.1410 deg Mean anomaly: 213.1750 deg Mean motion: 12.83221199 rev/day Decay rate: -4.8e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 17409 Checksum: 271 Satellite: AO-21 Catalog number: 21087 Epoch time: 93298.13050588 Element set: 362 Inclination: 82.9443 deg RA of node: 316.6683 deg Eccentricity: 0.0036745 ~Arg of perigee: 20.9355 deg Mean anomaly: 339.3296 deg Mean motion: 13.74527377 rev/day Decay rate: 8.5e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 13729 Checksum: 332 Satellite: RS-12/13 Catalog number: 21089 Epoch time: 93298.75967888 Element set: 607 Inclination: 82.9248 deg RA of node: 185.2906 deg Eccentricity: 0.0030933 Arg of perigee: 41.5515 deg Mean anomaly: 318.7983 deg Mean motion: 13.74028575 rev/day Decay rate: 4.8e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 13645 Checksum: 355 Satellite: ARSENE Catalog number: 22654 Epoch time: 93298.03432981 Element set: 204 Inclination: 1.3841 deg RA of node: 114.8650 deg Eccentricity: 0.2933270 Arg of perigee: 159.2220 deg Mean anomaly: 217.6982 deg Mean motion: 1.42202580 rev/day Decay rate: -4.7e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 241 Checksum: 263 /EX ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1993 07:06:31 GMT From: pacbell.com!uop!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!torn!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!Freenet.carleton.ca!aj467@network Subject: questionable repeater operation To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In a previous article, bwilkins@iat.holonet.net (Bob Wilkins n6fri) says: >wejones@cbda7.apgea.army.mil (Bill Jones) writes: >: About a year ago I was traveling in the northeast, and a friend who lives >............... .. >: repeater has been "broadcasting" for about a year all the qso's on the >: 220 side of the system over the 440 output, but no input has been possible >: through the 440 input. I presume that the repeater owner had the capability >: of opening up the 440 link for his own use, but other than that, I can't >: imagine why anyone would do such a thing. I don't think there is anything >: illegal about this operation, especially in light of how little 440 is used, >: but it's kind of annoying to hear all this activity, and hear the beeps >: from bringing up the repeater, but not being able to get in. >: Doesn't seem like a very appropriate use of spectrum to me. Any comments? >: > >In California where the 440 spectrum is probably used more than any other >vhf band, the activity of remoting one-way onto a 440 repeater frequency >is called warehousing the channel. If there is NO receiver the operation >is quite questionable. Many times there may be a dead receiver or >touch-tone access will bring it alive. The major amateur private common >carriers all practice this to some extent to keep itenerant traffic to a >minimum. The idea of warehousing is to show some form of activity on a >frequency to keep some deserving group from using the frequency. Many >groups have five to ten repeaters amongst them and can't possibly keep it >all going so you see a lot of .... out there. > > >-- >Bob Wilkins n6fri voice 440.250+ 100pl san francisco bay area >bwilkins@cave.org packet n6fri @ n6eeg.#nocal.ca.usa.na > > There are a number of plausible explainations for this apparent missuse. 1) The superior penetration of the 440 Mhz signal 2) The use of 440 Mhz to avoid the intermod in a highly repeater populated area 3) The use of 440Mhz to test coverage before opening either a 440Mhz repeater, or a cross linked full duplex repeater These are not chauvinistic waste of spectrum -- Bill VE3NJW, VE3NJW@VE3KYT.#EON.ON.CAN ------------------------------ Date: 28 Oct 1993 15:04:33 -0500 From: cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!emx.cc.utexas.edu!not-for-mail@uunet.uu.net Subject: Slowpokes To: info-hams@ucsd.edu alanb@sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom) says: >Derek Wills (oo7@emx.cc.utexas.edu) wrote: >: ... and all >: those who can copy 40+ wpm get to choose the calls with lots of Es, >: for 30-40 wpm you get those with Is etc. No-coders, including the >: Extras who can't recognize their own calls at 10 wpm, get the calls >: that have Q, Y, J and all the other junk. Simple. >Isn't that backwards? Seems like the slow pokes should get the short >calls -- they need all the help they can get! I made some tapes of Trey WN4KKN operating CW from HC8 last fall. It was interesting and sad to listen to them later. Trey would send his call, and "QRZ?" and in the time it took a slow sender to send a medium or long callsign, Trey had already come back to someone else and sent them a 599. Of course, the slow sender finishes sending the slow call, listens, and hears silence, thinks the DX op has not picked anyone out of the pile-up, and calls again, probably just when the DX comes back with their call and QRZ? again. Ack. Of course, if you listen a bit before calling, you know the rhythm of the DX op, and if you have a long call and send it slowly, the best thing to do is turn off the radio and study to upgrade... The nicest "poetic justice" thing to hear is the person who sends "call??" right when the DX is giving their call. ZD9SXW gave his call after every QSO when he was active for 3 weeks, all CW, and around 30,000 QSOs, and people would still send "call??" at him. Derek "Up Lid" Wills (AA5BT, G3NMX) Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712. (512-471-1392) oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu ------------------------------ Date: 27 Oct 1993 20:23:27 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!rdewan@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Special (vanity) calls To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <2ame59INNvjd@emx.cc.utexas.edu>, Derek Wills <oo7@emx.cc.utexas.edu> wrote: >If this ever comes to pass, perhaps they should let the morris fans >have the calls with the short letters, or those that have a nice >rhythm (ESE et al). You could be tested on morris speed, and all >those who can copy 40+ wpm get to choose the calls with lots of Es, >for 30-40 wpm you get those with Is etc. No-coders, including the >Extras who can't recognize their own calls at 10 wpm, get the calls >that have Q, Y, J and all the other junk. Simple. > >I dunno how much I'd pay to get a call like AA5EEE, but I'd certainly >pay something not to get WJ0QJY. There is a local ham whom I often hear in the CW pileups. He sends beautiful code except when sending his call. He has to torture it and extend the inter-character spacing to ensure that it is copied correctly. His call is wb9eee. A good rythmic call that has some dit-dah variation but is not too long is probably the best for really weak signal work. A call such as w9rd would be pretty nice. :) My call, aa9ch, makes for some interesting pile-up confusion in the midwest. Stations w9ch and aa8ch often seem to be interested in working the same stations as I do. :( I also hear a local ham kb9hhh. Only on the 2m repeater. I have not heard him on CW yet. So BT u aa5BT. Rajiv aa9ch r-dewan@nwu.edu ------------------------------ End of Info-Hams Digest V93 #1282 ****************************** ******************************