Subj : And the callsigns keep gr
To   : Daryl Stout
From : thecivvie
Date : Fri Feb 18 2022 16:42:00


   Hello Daryl!

16 Feb 22 14:48, you wrote to me:

 th>> Oh err Missus :) The next callsign change will be the big one.
 th>> Still going through the manuals and banging my head off a brick
 th>> wall at times

 DS>   At least I'm not some hams, who seem to change it as often as they
 DS> change their underwear. Well, in the US, once the $35 fee for a
 DS> callsign change for a sequential or vanity callsign...never mind a
 DS> new, renewed, or upgraded ham radio license takes effect, that will
 DS> put a damper on folks doing that. Besides, they'll need that money to
 DS> buy ham radio gear.

It is nealry impossible to get a vanity callsign in Ireland. They issue them on a purely order. There is no other way unless you want to wait.

 DS>   A ham radio operator's worst nightmare, is that his spouse or
 DS> significant other will sell his ham radio gear for what he told her he
 DS> paid for them (hi hi).

HAHA Like motorcycles :)

thecivvie


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