yup when Novice Roundup was Fun and had participation.
Joe WB9SBD
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On 1/8/2017 10:23 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
What someone had common sense? No way! HI!
I got licensed in 1978, so I missed that window and had to wait till
the vanity program. I can't recall anymore if W0MU was my 1st choice
but I don't think so. I want to say it was my 4th?
My first taste of contesting was the novice round up which lasted 7
days or more. I have the certificate around someplace that I got. I
recall battling it out with another young ham at the time we were both
around 13. Good times.
W0MU
On 1/8/2017 7:28 AM, James Cain wrote:
What's in a name?
40 years ago this week a very large group of us were applying to the
FCC for the long-awaited "preferred Extra Class call signs." The FCC
opened the gate on January 1, 1977. Decisions, decisions. You were
told to list four desired call signs. That sent everybody to the
latest Callbook to see what was available. It depended on what Call
Area you lived in. 1X2 call signs starting with the letter K had
never been issued in most Call Areas. Some had been issued in Call
Areas 2, 4, and 6.
Lots of call signs starting with the letter W were available but all
would be "re-issues." I don't think a 1X2 call sign starting with the
letter N had ever been issued.
Some of us had waited many years to dump our 2X3 call signs. We had
been Extras for nearly 10 years. The prospect of fewer characters was
exciting. But choosing a new call sign was agonizing! A lot of us
chose a new call sign that had some connection with our checkered
past. For many, the choice was mode-oriented. If you liked phone,
phonetics were a big consideration. For CW operators, bauds mattered.
And, if you prefer CW, do you really want a call sign ending in K?
A lot of us operated the first of two weekends of the 1977 ARRL DX CW
Competition with our 2X3 call signs. What happens if our shiny new
call sign arrives in the mail before the second weekend? (In those
good old days, children, each mode of the contest was two weekends, a
month apart.) Somebody I know really, really well, enquired about
this, and the unofficial word from the FCC was if your new call
sign/license arrives before the second weekend, just pretend it didn't.
Jim Cain, K1TN (ex-WA1STN, WA9AUM)
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