Subj : Re: US 2 metre licence query To : alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf From : an old friend Date : Tue Oct 11 2005 10:12:49 From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf Doc Savage. wrote: > "an old friend" wrote in > news:1128999568.357887.97640@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: > > > > > >> When I mentioned having a Full (formerly Class A) UK Amateur licence, > >> he said he also had a free, no code Ham licence but it restricted him > >> to use of 2 metres *only*, which had a certain aroma about it, though I > >> wasn't sure if the aroma was sour or sickly sweet. To test his > >> reaction, I threw some simple CW 'shorthand' and a local K zero IRLP > >> repeater node into the qso which he obviously didn't understand. > > > > no one using 2 m is required to understand CW I certainly don't unless > > it was sos i would like reconize it > > But you know enough CW to recognise which repeater was outputting its' > callsign, No I don't if I heard 2 cw id's I might be able to say they were diferent but the cals were something w9suv and w9utv id never em pick out >and you would know which local repeater was on 2m and which was > on 70cm, surely? generaly but I might miss it with some of them (a number of US repeater are multi band so I would know on the band I use em which might leave me making some mistakes, indeed for while I thought one repeater i used every day on 222 band (a us?ca band) was just 222 and 440 wasn't aware of the 2m side at all > The CW shorthand I threw in was just a couple of "Q" > codes and abbreviations in every day use on phone, key and CB, but there > was no reaction or understanding in his reply, which is why I wrote the > following; > > >> > >> I believe the Iowa poster was lying in the name of 'one up on the > >> Joneses', and given his track record, I'm being kind as well as polite. > >> > > > Many thanks for clarifying the callsign situation. Vanity callsigns and > having several call prefixes per State does add to the confusion. and that the same prefix can assigned to defferent states > > In closing, I have to say how much I enjoyed meeting several radio amateurs > when I was in the US recently. Just the mere mention that my antenna was > held aloft by a kite made several guys come driving out to see this > eccentric QRP loving Englishman with the proverbial wet string in one hand, > and the mike in the other. Wonderful people, and great fun. Shame about > the coffee > > 73 Daniel .