LOL! Mike, I have club calls in NF, ON and YT. It allows me to operate
without signing portable. (Hate long calls in contests!) A good thing.
As I said in a previous email, it relieves the QSL burden for J. The call
will only be used for remotes from his Station.
Besides, somebody has to keep the lights on for Industry Canada :-)
73, Gerry (VE/VY/VO....) & W1VE
On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 4:54 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> I'll "field" this one. (see what I did there?)
>
> VY1AAA is one of Gerry's many VE callsigns. He's a collector of them,
> much
> like myself ! (though I think he has me beat)
>
> (I don't collect them for the sake of collecting them though, I have lived
> in a bunch of places out East and got one from a very good friend of mine
> who went SK and I carried on with it to keep it and his memory alive.
>
> ...nor am I accusing Gerry of collecting per se, but he sure knows how to
> pick some really good ones ! WTG Ger!
>
> http://apc-cap.ic.gc.ca/pls/apc_anon/query_amat_cs$.startup
>
> Best way to search is put in "HULL" for last name..you'll see 6 or 7
> entries for Gerry.
>
>
>
> Before anyone south of the border gets their knickers in a knot, you have
> to
> understand Industry Canada issues them for life (125 yrs I think the rule
> is) and does not ask for them back when you move. We *do* have to use the
> correct one depending on the province we operate from. (ie: in CQWPXCW I
> went to NFLD, and used VO1TTT, not VE9AA per the rules.)..no VY1's being
> used in Ontario.. We are not exactly hurting for callsigns in most of
> Canada.
>
> (For example in VE9, we do not yet even have the VA prefix that exists in
> VA1, VA3, VA4, VA5, VA6 and VA7 )
>
>
>
> Anyways, I am long winded !
>
>
>
> Mike, VE9AA/VO1TTT/VE9MS/VO2DX/VE9SIX/VE1TTT
>
> ===============================
>
>
>
> VY1AAA? I thought J was VY1JA. Did he change calls, or did you obtain
> your
>
>
> own VY1 call for the op?
>
> 73, ron w3wn
>
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> On 06/19/15, Gerry Hull wrote:
>
>
>
> Well, I won't be doing SO2R, but I am doing something "on the edge". FD is
>
> a great time to show people new things.
>
>
>
> At our field day, K1BKE (K1B this year), we will be running 4A in NH. I'll
>
> be doing 40 CW.
>
>
>
> However, I'll additionally be running 1A as VY1AAA...
>
>
>
>
>
> Mike, Coreen & Corey
>
> Keswick Ridge, NB
>
>
>
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