Subj : Re: FidoGazette Vol 13 no
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Dan Clough
Date : Wed Sep 18 2019 18:31:00

-=> Sean Dennis wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 DS>>   I think there is more than one "Daryl Stout" in existence...but
 DS>> there's only one ham radio operator in the world with the
 DS>> callsign WX4QZ (me).

 DC> Ummmmm, okay.

 SD> Let me explain Daryl's thoughts a little: we amateur radio
 SD> operators are proud of our callsign.  We've worked hard to get it
 SD> and a callsign is like a fingerprint: you are the only one in the
 SD> entire world with that callsign.  My amateur radio callsign is
 SD> KD5COL -- again, I am the only one in the world with that
 SD> callsign and it identifes me uniquely.  I've held that single
 SD> callsign for 22 years now since having it assigned to me by the
 SD> Federal Communications Commission in 1997.

 SD> It may not make complete sense to you but we hams consider our
 SD> callsign a thing of pride and we normally identify each other by
 SD> our callsigns rather than our names.  Daryl will frequently
 SD> address me as "COL"; that is common amongst hams.

 SD> 73 DE KD5COL (best regards from KD5COL),
 SD> Sean
 SD> (who's a ham in more ways than one)

Excellent!  I didn't intend my above comment to Daryl as anything 
bad, just didn't really see the relevance of him putting it like 
that...  I fully grasp the pride you have in the callsign and 
understand it completely.  Something I have thought about getting 
into for years (decades?) but just never have.  Maybe when I 
retire...  Thanks and 73!


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