[Elecraft] 20 meter CW

[Edward R Cole]

OT but it is a shame that one cannot readily discern location from 
the callsign, anymore.

I kept my K8MWA the ten years I lived in CA, but upgraded when I 
passed the advanced exam in 1982 (at FCC in Anchorage). They assigned 
me AL7EB.  This had me confused all the time with KL7EB, a popular 
ham in Anchorage, but at least I was not confused with as a rare 
"K8  dx station" by Alaskans.  If I had only gotten EC (my initials) 
or ED my first name - oh well!

When I upgraded to extra I went for a vanity call and tried for KL7MW 
as close to my old original license call...but I was not quick enough 
and it was assigned to someone else.  So I went with KL7UW to reflect 
my interest in micro (u) wave (w).

To get a single suffix call I would have had to chose a weird call 
like KL8M.  There is already KL7M and KL6M in the area.  Alaska has 
run out of KL7, AL7, NL7, WL7, KL0, KL1, and KL2 calls and now 
issuing KL3 to new licensees.

Another reason to change my call was for CW:  . _... is terrible when 
working eme; the "e" is lost in noise easily.

73, Ed - KL7UW
http://www.kl7uw.com
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