[ARC5] Call Letters

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 13 Jul 2013 at 8:24, Mike Everette wrote:

> yet.  (I got my Extra in 1968, when it had to actually be earned...
> where's the justice?) 

I got mine in the 1960s also. Yes. Where's the justice?

> I've not used the call on CW, because the Neighborhood Nazis where I
> live went on a blitzkrieg and destroyed my antenna, even though it was
> stealth;

What the heck? How did they do that? I have an old neon transformer here that I would be 
happy to send you. Hook that up to your stealth antenna when you're not operating and the 
next a**hole who touches it will only do it once. Won't kill 'em, but will sure make them think 
twice about doing anything with your antennas again. 10 to 30 KV will certainly wake them up.

> I have looked all over for prior history on W4DSE,

How'd you do that? I am very curious about my own call...

> Should anyone be able to shed light on the call sign history, I'd enjoy hearing from you.  

Me too.

> But the strangest coincidence, if you can call it that, was back in
> high school when I heard my own call sign in QSO with another
> station.  Not an LDE -- a bootlegger! 

Ha! I have a similar story. I was listening on 40 meters one afternoon when I heard my own 
call calling CQ on CW. My reply was "W7EKB W7EKB W7EKB de W7EKB W7EKB W7EKB 
K".

Strangely, the station never returned my call, despite my repeating it a couple of times, and 
despite excellent conditions between us.

Ken W7EKB