Subj : Re: Field Day 2026
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sat Jun 20 2026 02:03 pm

Sean,

 DS> Daryl, NK5LA

 SD> I thought you went back to your original callsign?  I know you
 SD> were talking about it when you were still WX1DER.

  Well, I did at one time. But, I was talking with Dan, N7UVI, before the 
Trains Net that I do every Friday (weather permitting) on theQuadNet 
Array, and the discussion got around to train horns...specifically, the 
Nathan K5LA horns that were designed for Amtrak trains 50 years ago. I 
thought "that'd be a neat call to have"...so, I checked, and it had never 
been issued (which to me, made it a novelty, plus it has a better rhythm 
on CW).

  I got permission from Mike Yuhas, AB9ON, to use a photo of Amtrak's
Silver Meteor, northbound, between West Palm Beach and Mangonia Park,
Florida, for the new QSL and eQSL cards (which you can see on my QRZ bio,
along with an AI of me in my Train Conductors Outfit, done by John Seymour,
KD4YVV). I'll be mailing these out late next week, and you're "on the list"
for one of them. :)

  The call stands for "Nathan K5LA" -- and on YouTube, Mike Washington
(CoasterFan2105) has a 15 minute video on these horns on Amtrak trains. It
is in tribute to my late uncle, K3VRM (SK), who was the youngest engineer
hired on by the Penn Central Railroad...and the only other amateur radio
operator in the family. He gave me my love of ham radio and trains...and he
was the main reason I do the Trains Net each week (again, weather permitting).
First time checkins can request a commemorative certificate via email. I did
keep my original callsign there, as it's a forwarder to my main email, which
is one of my former callsigns.

  If YL's and XYL's can change their minds, us OM can do so as well (hi hi).

73,

Daryl, NK5LA

.... Try to beat a train to a railroad crossing, and you'll be DEAD WRONG!!
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