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   Hello Dan.   
      
   18 Sep 19 07:15, you wrote to Daryl Stout:   
      
    DS>>   I think there is more than one "Daryl Stout" in existence...but   
    DS>> there's only one ham radio operator in the world with the   
    DS>> callsign WX4QZ (me).   
      
    DC> Ummmmm, okay.   
      
   Let me explain Daryl's thoughts a little: we amateur radio operators are proud   
   of our callsign.  We've worked hard to get it and a callsign is like a   
   fingerprint: you are the only one in the entire world with that callsign.  My   
   amateur radio callsign is KD5COL -- again, I am the only one in the world with   
   that callsign and it identifes me uniquely.  I've held that single callsign   
   for 22 years now since having it assigned to me by the Federal Communications   
   Commission in 1997.   
      
   It may not make complete sense to you but we hams consider our callsign a   
   thing of pride and we normally identify each other by our callsigns rather   
   than our names.  Daryl will frequently address me as "COL"; that is common   
   amongst hams.   
      
   73 DE KD5COL (best regards from KD5COL),   
   Sean   
   (who's a ham in more ways than one)   
      
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