Subj : Re: CW Got The Job
To   : ED VANCE
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sat Aug 31 2019 12:02:00

EV>Howdy! Again Daryl,

Hi, Ed...

EV>Most times I drive in the Right Lane, but whichever Lane I'm in I try watchi
EV>the car ahead and maybe the car ahead of it if the one in front of me isn't
EV>so large I can't see pass it.

  It's not my driving I worry about...it's everyone else's.

  I'm reminded of the joke where this elderly woman calls her husband on
the cellphone to warn him to "be careful", because "there's a crazy
driver going the wrong way on the freeway!!". He replies "What do you
mean, just one driver??!! There's a whole slew of them going the wrong
way!!". It never occurred to him that HE was the guilty party. <G>

EV>If the car ahead of me gets nearer than the Three Second Rule I slow down to
EV>keep enough distance between us just in case a car passes me in the Left Lan
EV>and wants to get in the space in front of my car.

  Most times when I do that, the impatient motorist next to me, cuts in
the space.

EV>Something in the back of Ed's Head tells me I've read that the WX or KX Pref
EV>for a Amateur Radio Call Sign means that it is a Experimental Station of som
EV>sort, but I can not find anything in my library that say anything about that

  Not sure...but they do allow them in callsigns. There are certain
callsigns not available for reassignment (vanity or otherwise):

 1.  KA2AA-KA9ZZ, KC4AAA-KC4AAF, KC4USA-KC4USZ, KG4AA-KG4ZZ,
     KC6AA-KC6ZZ, KL9KAA- KL9KHZ, KX6AA-KX6ZZ;

 2.  Any call sign having the letters SOS or QRA-QUZ as the suffix;

 3.  Any call sign having the letters AM-AZ as the prefix (these
     prefixes are assigned to other countries by the ITU);

 4.  Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letter X as the first letter
     of the suffix;

 5.  Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letters AF, KF, NF, or WF as
     the prefix and the letters EMA as the suffix (U.S Government FEMA
     stations);

 6.  Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letters AA-AL as the prefix;

 7.  Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letters NA-NZ as the prefix;

 8.  Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letters WC, WK, WM, WR, or WT
     as the prefix (Group X call signs);

 9.  Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letters KP, NP or WP as the
     prefix and the numeral 0, 6, 7, 8 or 9;

10.  Any 2-by-2 format call sign having the letters KP, NP or WP as the
     prefix and the numeral 0, 6, 7, 8 or 9;

11.  Any 2-by-1 format call sign having the letters KP, NP or WP as the
     prefix and the numeral 0, 6, 7, 8 or 9;

12.  Call signs having the single letter prefix (K, N or W), a single
     digit numeral 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and a single letter suffix
     are reserved for the special event call sign system.

EV>Maybe I'm just dreaming.   ? ? ??? ??? ? ?

  You know better than to read a QWK packet when you're fatigued.
<g,d,r>

  I need a quiet zone right now...both for weather (I hate those
lightning strikes right outside the house, where you see the flash and
hear the crash instantly), and because I need a nap...because frequent
naps prevent old age...especially if taken while driving. <G>

Daryl, WX4QZ

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