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   -=> Sean Dennis wrote to Dan Clough <=-   
      
    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.   
      
    SD> Let me explain Daryl's thoughts a little: we amateur radio   
    SD> operators are proud of our callsign.  We've worked hard to get it   
    SD> and a callsign is like a fingerprint: you are the only one in the   
    SD> entire world with that callsign.  My amateur radio callsign is   
    SD> KD5COL -- again, I am the only one in the world with that   
    SD> callsign and it identifes me uniquely.  I've held that single   
    SD> callsign for 22 years now since having it assigned to me by the   
    SD> Federal Communications Commission in 1997.   
      
    SD> It may not make complete sense to you but we hams consider our   
    SD> callsign a thing of pride and we normally identify each other by   
    SD> our callsigns rather than our names.  Daryl will frequently   
    SD> address me as "COL"; that is common amongst hams.   
      
    SD> 73 DE KD5COL (best regards from KD5COL),   
    SD> Sean   
    SD> (who's a ham in more ways than one)   
      
   Excellent!  I didn't intend my above comment to Daryl as anything    
   bad, just didn't really see the relevance of him putting it like    
   that...  I fully grasp the pride you have in the callsign and    
   understand it completely.  Something I have thought about getting    
   into for years (decades?) but just never have.  Maybe when I    
   retire...  Thanks and 73!   
      
      
   ... ...and we had to chisel taglines into the walls of the cave.   
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