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Kurt Weiske | NANCY BACKUS | Re: Callsigns & BBS was: Tra |
May 9, 2019 9:55 AM * |
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-=> NANCY BACKUS wrote to DARYL STOUT <=- DS> The FCC normally issues callsigns in a sequential format...such as DS> N5VLX, N5VLY, N5VLZ (which was my first callsign), N5VMA, N5VMB, DS> N5VMC, etc. The 1x3 calls (1 letter, a number (the callsign district) DS> and 3 letters) have all been used NB> I'd guess that as operators either change their signs (by choice or NB> move) or die off, those original signs would become available to NB> others... I always thought the shorter the call sign, the more senior the operator. Phil Karn wrote a great TCP/IP stack for DOS back in the day that he called KA9Q - that was apparently his callsign. ... DESQview/386 - the only way to multitask! --- MultiMail/XT v0.52 * Origin: http://realitycheckbbs.org | tomorrow's retro tech (1:218/700) |
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