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to: KURT WEISKE
from: Daryl Stout
date: 2019-05-10 11:05:00
subject: Re: Callsigns & BBS was:

Kurt,

KW>I always thought the shorter the call sign, the more senior the
KW>operator. Phil Karn wrote a great TCP/IP stack for DOS back in the day
KW>that he called KA9Q - that was apparently his callsign.

  That used to be the case...reserved only for Amateur Extra Class
licensees. But, I know several Extra Class hams who still have their
original, and in some cases, Novice or Technician level callsigns.

Daryl, WX4QZ

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