[ARC5] Call Letters

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Personally, I was disappointed or actually disgusted by the whole reissue 
mess.My Elmer's cal, which was a W5xx, now belongs to some worthless Fed 
civilian.  His bizarre question would probably be "what's an RF choke, and why 
are they legal?"

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

In a message dated 07/12/2013 23:35:28 PM Central Daylight Time, 
kk5f at earthlink.net writes: 
> Personally, I was very disappointed by the dropping of the 25 year
> requirement for a W or K 1x2.  Years later, when vanity calls became
> the rage, I regret that re-issue of 1x3 calls beginning with W or
> K did not have a similar 25-years licensed requirement.  I miss the
> day when one could still find many 1x2 call sign holders on the air
> that were not Extra holders.  Those were the real old timers.  Today,
> one is very likely to hear someone holding one of the old 1x2 calls
> asking something bizarre...like "are RF chokes polarized".  Sad.