Geojoek,
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So you're telling me the vanity callsign N1NNY has been available since March of this year...

Geojoek,
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Tangentially related but one would think the FCC would reject or censor certain vanity callsigns, including certain ones beginning with the letter 'n' and ones with a triple repetition of certain letter associated with a certain group... but apparently the FCC does not. Yikes.

tsherrygeo,
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@Geojoek wowzah

N0ZB,
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@tsherrygeo @Geojoek

W0ZAH is taken 🙂

N0ZB,
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@tsherrygeo @Geojoek

W0WZA also taken ☹️

KC8JC,
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@N0ZB @tsherrygeo @Geojoek

OK, but imagine your disappointment if it weren't taken, right?

ai6yr,
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@KC8JC @N0ZB @tsherrygeo @Geojoek My original call ended with "FUT" and they did not issue "FUK", "FUC", or "FUQ", but it was so close I had to always put my call out in phonetics,. .

N0ZB,
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@ai6yr @KC8JC @tsherrygeo @Geojoek

Youngest daughter's call is KF0GNS - which we pronounce as "Kay-Fogins" ... sounds like a possible relative of Bilbo Baggins, but also reminds me of the old San Francisco radio station KFOG.

The suffix of my first call was PJQ, and I was given the moniker "PaJama Queen" when checking into the local repeater's evening social net. PJQ would have been pretty tough to keep for Morse code.

ai6yr,
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@N0ZB @KC8JC @tsherrygeo @Geojoek Oh yeah, there re some calls that do not work well for Morse code (anything that has many K's, for one...)

bud_t,
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@ai6yr @N0ZB @KC8JC @tsherrygeo @Geojoek I think I had a QSO once with a ham whose call ended in WTF.

ai6yr,
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@bud_t @N0ZB @KC8JC @tsherrygeo @Geojoek Looks like there is someone with the call N0OB (don't know them, but find that amusing). Not a new ham, though, ha ha.

bud_t,
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@ai6yr @N0ZB @KC8JC @tsherrygeo @Geojoek yep- just checked the log. I had a contact with K1WTF on 4/15/23 20m

ai6yr,
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tsherrygeo,
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@ai6yr @N0ZB @KC8JC @Geojoek my original call was KJ7QEL. I'm so glad I got rid of it, would be such a PITA on Morse.

tsherrygeo,
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@ai6yr @N0ZB @KC8JC @Geojoek there are a few Morse weight calculators online. This site gives my old callsign a 76 and N7KOM a 60.

https://www.radioqth.net/cwweight

Obviously this only matters if you 1) care about Morse weight and 2) plan on operating Morse.

ai6yr,
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@tsherrygeo @N0ZB @KC8JC @Geojoek My former call is 66, my current call is 54.

graphite,
ai6yr,
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@graphite @tsherrygeo @KC8JC @Geojoek @N0ZB Yeah, AI6YR is weighted at 54 per that calculator.

douglasvb,
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ai6yr,
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@douglasvb @tsherrygeo @N0ZB @KC8JC @Geojoek This one always sends the conspiracy theorists into a tizzy, LOL.

KD9ZHF,

@tsherrygeo @ai6yr @N0ZB @KC8JC @Geojoek Is 60 a high BMI for CW?

ai6yr,
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@KD9ZHF @tsherrygeo @N0ZB @KC8JC @Geojoek The weight is not as important as the lack of confusing characters in a call. KB6 or WB6 always throws me off because B and "6" are so close. Usually have to listen or ask twice on that.

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