[CQ-Contest] CQWW/KL7 in lower states

[Tom Horton]

Barry...
 It was just much too simple and logical for the government... Now if you had suggested something like ***W51GN/"state"/***  that would probably have worked. By the way the *** would be included in the callsign!
Tom K5IID

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K5IID Tom Horton  Hillsboro, TX

E sorter for ARRL W5 bureau

Same call for 55 years!

--- On Fri, 11/2/12, Barry Merrill, W5GN <w5gn at mxg.com> wrote:

From: Barry Merrill, W5GN <w5gn at mxg.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW/KL7 in lower states
To: "'James  Cain'" <jamesdavidcain at gmail.com>, cq-contest at contesting.com
Date: Friday, November 2, 2012, 12:35 PM

Long ago, I suggested to the FCC that one simple solution
would have been to double up the number in the callsign,
at least for the continental 48, so I'd be W51GN if I 
operated for one-land.  (And WPXer's would have gained new
mults!).

Obviously, that was too complicated for the FCC.

73

Barry, W5GN

-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
James Cain
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 11:52 AM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQWW/KL7 in lower states

I am ancient enough to remember that when my parents moved us to a new house
about three blocks away I had to sign WA9AUM/9 for months until the FCC
finally changed my license. 

Now, I would have no problem with signing K1TN/9 if necessary. After all, as
a Big Gun Contester, I only send my call sign once per hour anyway. 

jc K1TN
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