[GCARC] WA2FZB now K3TS

[Frank Mayer]

Anyone that doesn’t like the new call?TS.

> On May 29, 2020, at 9:05 AM, Agustin Neron Properties LLC <ab2e at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> FB Tony, great new call!
> 73 Darrell AB2E
> 
>> On May 29, 2020 at 8:01 AM Tony Starr <tstarr1450 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Greetings All,
>> 
>> I am pleased to announce that, after 43 years, my awful call sign of WA2FZB
>> has finally been put to rest. I got an e-mail this morning from the FCC
>> informing me that my application for a vanity call sign has been granted,
>> and my FIRST CHOICE out of three has been assigned to me. From this point
>> forward, I will be known as K3TS, which will (hopefully) afford me the
>> chance to bust a few more pileups and increase my contest scores.
>> 
>> My original plan was to move out of Murphy-Land when I retire, and then
>> shed my old 2-call for a new vanity call appropriate to my new location.
>> But a recent review of my log checking report from the CQWW phone contest
>> gave me serious concern about the number of DX stations that had busted my
>> call, which was dozens. I had long known that my old call was costing me DX
>> contacts, but now I started to realize that it might be costing my contest
>> points as well. So when this call became available, I applied for it, as
>> did 6 other hams, but the luck of the draw went in my favor this time.  Now
>> when I retire, and move back to the land of the free, I will be all set.
>> 
>> Please listen for me on the air, and note that when you hear K3TS, it is
>> Tony Starr, the former WA2FZB. 73.
>> 
>> Tony Starr, K3TS
>> Member: FRC, GCARC, ARRL, CW Ops (Wow, I have to change all those!)
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