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On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Stuart Longland <redhatter@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:08:33PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Markos Chandras wrote: |
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>> > " My hobbies are technical, nerdy, or intellectual. I'm a licensed |
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>> > amateur radio operator. My call sign is KB5KZZ. |
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>> i guess it's supposed to sound like a radio station name then |
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> The callsign is a name issued by a relevant authority (in my case, the |
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> ACMA, in Chris' case, the FCC) to operators of radio transmitters so |
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> that they can identify those stations for administrative purposes. |
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Hmm, and from the little I know not unlike Slashdot there is a certain |
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level of notoriety from having a shorter call sign (within a |
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particular jurisdiction). Looks like they're up to 6 in the US now - |
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my father actually has one with 4. |
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I believe the first letter(s) are assigned per international treaty so |
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within a jurisdiction (like the US) you'll find that they all start |
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with only one or two letters. That's why all your US TV and radio |
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station callsigns start with K and W I believe (if nothing has changed |
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in the last 20 years since I studied this stuff). |
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Rich |
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