[ARC5] Call Letters

[Richard Knoppow]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ronnie Hull" <w5sum at comcast.net>
To: <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
Cc: <Arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Call Letters


>I live my 1X3 call! It belonged to my Elmer Robert 
>Ehrhardt. My original call was WN5AIA / WB5AIA which was 
>fine for rag chew qso's but hell for dx'ing!
>
> Ronnie
>
    WB6KBL is the call I got when first licensed c.1964.  I 
let my license lapse for nearly forty years. Decided I HAD 
to get back on the air.  I was issued something else but 
wanted my original call back so got it as a vanity call. 
Its clumsy for both phone and CW so I have been thinking of 
getting another vanity call if I can find something suitable 
that is available.  I am more a rag chewer so I suppose a 
short, snappy call doesn't really matter.  As far as 
contests and DX go I rather think good antennas make more 
difference than anything else.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com