02 Jul 09 07:13, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>> I started out small. I bought a kit that made a tachometer and I
 RW>> gave it to my brother when I finished it. Then I worked my way up to
 RW>> Stereo receivers and amplifiers. These weren't Heathkits, they were
 RW>> Allied Radio kits from their namesake in Chicago. Neither Heath or
 RW>> Allied exist today.

 RN> I couldn't get interested in stuff like that, but I did like doing
 RN> things to my 283 engine.

I think the difference would be that you did things to your 283 because
you could do them year-round in Lousiana. In Illinois during the winter,
you're looking for things to do in-doors. Plus I had a desire to 'know'
these things. That didn't change when I moved to Seattle and even when I
got to San Diego.

 RW>> K5YCH isn't in the database...meaning that call is available for
 RW>> re-assignment. As is W5LLX... They're either no longer licensed or
 RW>> they passed on and the license was surrendered to the FCC.

 RN> If I had a HAM radio, I'd apply for W5LLX.  That man used to live
 RN> next door to me in N.O. before he moved to Texas.

Like Tom was saying, you can get a 'no-code' HAM license and apply
for that callsign thru their 'vanity' program.

After years of upgrading and trying to get a call sign that I liked thru
the normal FCC methods and getting no-where, I applied for my present
callsign thru their 'vanity' licensing program. K6RXT reflects part of my
'Elmers' callsign, K6XT. He likes to use 'Xtra Terrific' to phonetically
make it clear over the air, and I use 'Really Xtra Terrific'...K5RXT is
available here in Texas and I've been thinking of changing to that one.

 RN>  W5LLX is definitely a silent key and the guy who was K5YCH probably
 RN> just lost interest and didn't renew. One of my cousins in Slidell
 RN> still operates a HAM radio, but I've forgotten his call sign and we
 RN> didn't stay in touch.  That's my dad's side of the family for you.

That's how it goes sometimes. The old cliche' of 'out of sight, out of
mind' applies more than you think.

                R\%/itt

Joy lives in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in
the victory itself.

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