[ARC5] Call Letters

[Christopher Bowne]

AJ1G is not that great a CW call either, too many single dots followed by a lot of dashes in the first three characters, but I've had it over 30 years now.  I previously had AJ2O after a 5 year hiatus between my original general WB2ZPS lapsed in 1973 while I was in college, and 1978 when I went from nothiing to extra in a very long day in Albany (I was living/working in Saratoga Springs, NY at the time).  Got AJ1G when I moved back to CT in early 1980.  AJ2O is now assigned to some big contester, I actually worked him on 40 CW  once a few years ago.




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 From: Ronnie Hull <w5sum at comcast.net>
To: "kgordon2006 at frontier.com" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com> 
Cc: "Arc5 at mailman.qth.net" <Arc5 at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 4:07 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

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On Jul 12, 2013, at 2:03 PM, "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:

> On 12 Jul 2013 at 12:41, Geoff wrote:
> 
>>> I've had this one for 57 years, so far. It was a re-issue from a
>>> 1930s call. I like it. Empty Kegs o'Beer. I think I'll keep it.
>>> 
>>> Ken W7EKB
>> 
>> Long calls are fine on AM, on CW its a hindrance.
> 
> Actually, if you compare the length on CW of your call vs mine, you will find 
> there is no significant difference. Calculate it out in bauds and you will see. 
> One more "dah" in my call than yours. Three more "dit" lengths worth of 
> "dahs" in yours than in mine (24 vs 21). The number "1" in your call causes 
> the biggest problem. 
> 
> Besides, I don't use AM. Never liked it.
> 
>> For contesting and
>> DXing short is mo betta
> 
> Well, since "everybody" has a 2X1 or a 1X2 these days, most DX stations I 
> contact lately always miss the "E" in my call at first...which isn't surprising 
> given the way most people think now.
> 
> Ken W7EKB
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