Author Topic: Post your Call Sign (Read 24079 times)

G7PSK · « **Reply #25 on:** January 15, 2016, 10:35:14 pm »

G7PSK from Norfolk UK.

4cx10000 · « **Reply #26 on:** January 15, 2016, 11:48:36 pm »

SM2GXN northern Sweden, quite close to the arctic circle. Mostly short wave and cw but years back active on ms as well as eme. Sadly QRT for a while until i get those antennas up again... I'm about to put up a 46m tower, but will have to wait until summer

Built quite a few amplifiers both vhf and sw, think I was first in a row of many others that modified a 4CX250B to liquid cooled, at least in Europe - I think... Took my license, think it was 1974

Richard Crowley · « **Reply #27 on:** January 16, 2016, 12:19:25 am »

My call is in my user info to the left. I am also chief engineer for a local TV station.
And an engineer working at the development fab where your computer CPU chip probably came from.

kj7e · « **Reply #28 on:** January 19, 2016, 02:02:37 am »

KJ7E,

http://www.qrz.com/db/kj7e

Like many others here, worked in the Broadcast field for many years.

w2aew · « **Reply #29 on:** January 19, 2016, 04:53:20 am »

Quote from: VK5RC on January 12, 2016, 10:45:12 am

Serious dish envy++++

...did you see the dish we used for the 70th anniversary of Project Diana? Two video links follow...

Introductory video:

Compilation of the 70th anniversary special event EME activityL

73 de W2AEW

VK5RC · « **Reply #30 on:** January 19, 2016, 09:51:54 am »

I did (head hanging low, more dish envy) and I recall a comment from one of your previous videos about you being close to the home of EME. Still trying to get there (and back) myself. 73

Sal Ammoniac · « **Reply #31 on:** January 24, 2016, 01:57:45 am »

Electro Fan · « **Reply #32 on:** January 24, 2016, 05:56:42 pm »

Quote from: w2aew on January 19, 2016, 04:53:20 am

Quote from: VK5RC on January 12, 2016, 10:45:12 am
Serious dish envy++++

...did you see the dish we used for the 70th anniversary of Project Diana? Two video links follow...

Introductory video:

Compilation of the 70th anniversary special event EME activityL

73 de W2AEW

Thanks for making and sharing the excellent videos on a beautiful event commemorating the outstanding results and significance of Project Diana. 70 years later EME is still a very impressive feat.

agronaught · « **Reply #33 on:** January 24, 2016, 09:53:14 pm »

Vk2vjb here. I've been a licenced ham for 8 years now with sporadic periods of activity. Due to multiple large noise sources near home I tend to play radio when camping/mobile.

Currently I'm completing (testing) a custom amplifier controller for the radio clubs EME efforts. This includes nice features such as relay sequencing (preamp etc), vswr and overtemp shutdown, alc shutdown for the radio, etc. It's been an interesting project.

Hopefully at some point this year we will finally be in a position for that first EME QSO.

Cheers.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Bernhard_ · « **Reply #34 on:** January 25, 2016, 08:42:11 pm »

Perfect thread for my first post here...
Hi all together, I am located in Bavaria, southern Germany.
Doing SSB jabbering on shortwave quite regularly, but no "59" stuff; current favorite band is 40 m DX.

Great Forum, fantastic to see so many Hams active here!

Bernhard, DL1BG

roffvald · « **Reply #35 on:** January 26, 2016, 01:52:25 am »

Not HAM, but I'm a commercial radio operator for Norwegian Coastal radio, C/S LGQ, personal C/S is LD2222

djacobow · « **Reply #36 on:** January 26, 2016, 04:43:27 am »

So, I just upgraded to Extra, and with it, the opportunity to upgrade my callsign. I'm thinking 2x2, with the the group-A's being impractically difficult to get.

I'm a very new ham and am not attached to my current sign at all.

So, what makes a good callsign? I don't know code now, but might learn it later. How concerned should I be about length in code? Are some letter combinations particularly likely to be mis-keyed or mis-copied?

mrpackethead · « **Reply #37 on:** January 26, 2016, 05:19:18 am »

139.80.80.80.

Oh, you mean you use wireless thinygs... doh.

GreyWoolfe · « **Reply #38 on:** January 26, 2016, 01:22:50 pm »

Quote from: djacobow on January 26, 2016, 04:43:27 am

So, I just upgraded to Extra, and with it, the opportunity to upgrade my callsign. I'm thinking 2x2, with the the group-A's being impractically difficult to get.

I'm a very new ham and am not attached to my current sign at all.

So, what makes a good callsign? I don't know code now, but might learn it later. How concerned should I be about length in code? Are some letter combinations particularly likely to be mis-keyed or mis-copied?

If you would have checked the box and initial the form 605 to change your callsign, you would have automatically received a 2x2 starting with the letter A. That is the standard scheme for Extra class licenses and they are sequentially issued. When I got my General I got a vanity call with a 1x3-K9WLF as I like wolves. After I got my Extra, I later went with the current call, NW0LF as I wanted a 2x2 and the W0LF callsign is taken. At least the vanity callsigns are now free.

Any letter combination can be mis-keyed or mis-copied depending if you are "ham"-fisted or the person receiving has bad ears. Some letters have fewer dits and dahs to them and those letter combinations are typically more desirable. Developing a good fist is paramount. Someone who sends silky smooth code will always be understood better than a key banger. That said, I barely learned enough 5 WPM code to get my General and the code was dropped right before I got my Extra. I don't do code now but someday I may put time into relearning and using it.

gmetaxas · « **Reply #39 on:** February 01, 2016, 12:18:09 pm »

QRA is SV1DEQ. I got my license in 1994. I am not active on the air for several years but ham radio was the introduction to my professional life as an Electrical and Computer Engineer.
My first acquaintance with ham radio was the Jamboree-On-The-Air (JOTA) when I was a Scout. I had always loved to play around with radios and listen to the strange sounds on various bands, including storms and NDB stations - I remember listening to the NDB that was a few km to the south of Athens Hellenikon Airport back then... "dah dit dah dit dit dit dah dit dah dit" (KVR)! Back in 1990, I was astonished with talking to other stations. A few years later I became a junior member of the Radio Amateur Association of Greece and took the preparatory course for the license exam. At that time, Morse code was mandatory to get a license so I learned to receive by ear and to send by hand - and I was really good at it!
After that, I have had relatively few QSOs around Europe and reaching not farther than Middle East. I enjoyed building and using wire antennas for 20 m and higher. Today, I want to try my hand in homebrewing modern equipment but resources are really scarce... Anyway, ham radio is the strongest motivation I ever had in pursuing a degree and a career in Electrical Engineering. And this is why I like it.

Paul Rose · « **Reply #40 on:** February 01, 2016, 09:12:21 pm »

K0EET

TheBay · « **Reply #41 on:** February 01, 2016, 11:16:56 pm »

de 2W0ODS here.

IO81 South Wales UK,

Hope to have a QSO with some on here

73's

SKPang · « **Reply #42 on:** February 08, 2016, 08:37:51 pm »

M1AFD from Essex, UK.

KEØBKM · « **Reply #43 on:** February 08, 2016, 09:29:30 pm »

ke0bkm United States

general Class

G0WZB · « **Reply #44 on:** February 08, 2016, 09:54:25 pm »

G0WZB....which is strangley my forum name
Located In Hebburn, Tyne and Wear England

Milmat1 · « **Reply #45 on:** February 11, 2016, 01:42:39 am »

"73"
.......N8QZH..

dkozel · « **Reply #46 on:** February 17, 2016, 10:49:18 am »

Hello folks, AG6PO checking into the net.

I do a lot of SDR operation and am currently marching my way up the microwave bands. This weekend will be a Summits on the Air trip near San Jose, California operating the 1.296 GHz band.

Errmy · « **Reply #47 on:** February 17, 2016, 10:59:39 am »

DM4RK here, Loc JO31ql

AdamHi · « **Reply #48 on:** March 01, 2016, 05:42:18 pm »

de W H 6 M, grid BL11ch
Honolulu, HI, USA
72 (qrp for 73)

mvs sarma · « **Reply #49 on:** March 02, 2016, 08:11:55 am »

hi,
Thanks tomoderator.
i have been a ham just last 30weeks, from India.
Callsign: VU3ZMV
Handle: sarma

I'm not yet on HF but only on Local VHF at Hyderabad, India.

regards
sarma
vu3zmv


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