Board:   [DoveNet] HAM Radio
Subject: Re: best gmrs transceiver
From:    Tim Wray
Date:    Tue Jul 21, 2026 16:06

@VIA: BACKWOOD
  Re: Re: best gmrs transceiver
  By: phigan to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Jul 12 2026 04:14 pm

 ph> Not sure ifit's always been this way,
 ph> but call signs get shorter the higher
 ph> level license you get. The number
 ph> indicates thearea you got the license
 ph> from. So the first license gets you a
 ph> 2x3 call, then the next a 2x2, and the
 ph> next 2x1 or 1x2, I think. The K isn't
 ph> necessarily fixed, but also has to do
 ph> with where the license was from. These
 ph> days, though, you can get any call with
 ph> a vanity call request (I think).
Yup, you have it, aside from the K, N, A or W indicating where a license was issued, only the numbers reflect that. Some of us (like me) are weird and like our original 2x3 call so much that we just keep it as we upgrade (changing your call each level of license you obtain is optional). True on the vanity callsigns, although a Technician class (first level) can only select a 1x3 or 2x3 callsign, and only Extra class (top class) can selecta 1x2 or 2x1 (I think.)

Okay I'll quit being a ham nerd now lol

-Tim KB9SNL
-Tim KB9SNL

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