[CQ-Contest] 1977 vanity calls (was Watch your dits this weekend)

[K0HB]

Whether you got the "preferred" call in 1977 or 30 years alter, the reason 
was the same.

Maybe to have a short call for contesting, possibly to shed a laborious to 
pronounce call (I was WB0WFF), perhaps to appear to be an "OT", or maybe 
just vanity because your initials would be cute, but probably a combination 
of those or other reasons.

The difference between the two is that my vanity call was free in 1977 and 
todays vanity calls entail a fee every 10 years.

By the way, I got my Extra in 1963.  If I got it yesterday it would still 
mean exactly the same thing.

73, de Hans, K0HB
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From: "James  Cain" <jamesdavidcain at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 3:58 PM
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] 1977 vanity calls (was Watch your dits this weekend)

> PULLEEZE!
>
> Those 1977 call signs were NOT *vanity* call signs. They were issued on 
> request to those who had passed the Extra Class exam when the exam still 
> meant something. As far as I am concerned, the vast majority of us got 
> them to have a shorter, more efficient call sign for operating, 
> particularly contesting. It had nothing to do with vanity.
>
> Look up the definition of *vanity*.
>
> Jim Cain, K1TN
>
>
>
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