[Elecraft] Vanity call KX2CW

[Joan]

I did grab KX2CW—which had been sitting there available for 14 years!

~Joan KX2CW

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra, said Piglet.
Shaka, when the walls fell, said Pooh.

> On Jul 13, 2018, at 11:16, rich hurd WC3T <rich at wc3t.us> wrote:
> 
> 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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