[Elecraft] OT: US call areas

[Dan KB6NU]

When calls are issued, the number in the call does correspond to the  
licensee's address, but if a licensee moves, a new call is not  
issued, so that ham might have a call whose number doesn't  
correspond. For example, my call (KB6NU) was issued when I got my  
Advanced in California. When I moved back to Michigan, I kept it, so  
it no longer corresponds.

This may also happen in the case of a vanity callsign. For example, I  
recently applied for a vanity callsign to use when our club operates  
from the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum. The callsign we have is WA2HOM  
(A2 = Ann Arbor, HOM = Hands-On Museum). It, too, doesn't correspond  
to the district in which we're located.

73!

Dan KB6NU
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On Nov 26, 2007, at Nov 26, 10:29 AM, Julian G4ILO wrote:
> This is probably common knowledge to most, but do US calls not relate
> to the geographic area any more? In the contest, I worked call area 6,
> which my map shows as the west coast, but the station I worked, N6AR,
> is listed in qrz.com with an address in Florida, which is call area 4.
> Do call areas have *any* use (e.g. for multipliers in ARRL contest
> scores)?
>
> -- 
> Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392  K3 s/n: ???