[MRCA] MARS CW Ops

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I never understood why all of the calls were N0xyz, unless it was to 
differentiate them from calls issued to the various Naval District and Reserve Center 
stations.  I was active in Navy MARS from almost the beginning through Vietnam 
and into the mid 70's as N0WSJ.  I would have been N0Ayz had NAV8 not lost my 
initial application.  Like Mike, I hated the change to NNN0...  It wasn't the 
major reason I went inactive but it didn't help any.

In a message dated 8/5/2008 10:32:56 AM Central Daylight Time, 
kk5f at earthlink.net writes: 
> PS:  I never liked the mid-1970s call sign change of NAVMARCOR MARS calls 
> from N0xyz to NNN0xyz (to free up the 1x3 call for ham use).  I'd have 
> preferred N0xyz transforming to Nxy0z.
> 

Robert Downs - Houston
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