[Elecraft] Vanity call question

[rich hurd WC3T]

I chose mine because it was available.   :)   (It was a Group 1 call sign
and there was only one other person who was going after it, so I had a
50-50 chance of getting it.)

If I were a hardcore CW person, I might go for KX3CW which AE7Q reports as
available.   :)

On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 1:37 PM Mike Flowers <mike.flowers at gmail.com> wrote:

> I chose my vanity callsign because the suffix is my initials.
>
> Others are a lot more creative:
>
> K9DOG - my personal favorite
>
> WO0KI - Wookie
>
> KZ0MBI - zombie
>
> < http://www.arrl.org/vanity-call-signs>
>
>
> - 73 and good DX de Mike, K6MKF, Past President - NCDXC
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> >
> > On Behalf Of ANDY DURBIN
> > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2018 10:28 AM
> > To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: [Elecraft] Vanity call question
> >
> > "I want to learn about vanity call signs, why would I want one? What do
> they
> > represent?"
> >
> >
> > A vanity call is one that is self selected rather than being the next in
> order
> > assigned by FCC. The main reason for getting one is ....vanity. Many
> select a
> > vanity call that represents their name or initials. Some because the call
> comes
> > close to spelling a word that has significance for them. Some because it
> > represents an area of interest.
> >
> >
> > In my case I was assigned G3WYC by UK GPO back in 1967. I chose the
> vanity
> call
> > K3WYC when I became licensed in USA.
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Andy k3wyc
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