Vanity callsign question... who was that man?

[Glenn K2KL]

That's ok, what's a few "dits" among friends?  :lol:

"NEW YORK 4 NORTH CAROLINA"   NY4NC how's that for a guy who's leaving NEW YORK for NORTH CAROLINA??    

I think that's pretty cool call not to mention the nifty phonetics!!

Waddya think?

I think you've added a couple more dits
to your CQs.  

K2 Old Recycled Callsign

[Paul, K2ORC]

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[Herb K2VH]

Hey Glenn, neat call, and one with meaning.  At the time that I was becoming vain, I had also considered using my old call from Germany, when I was stationed there during the 60s  I was DL5EN.  There were absolutely no 1X2 ENs; all I could get was a 2X2.  I had thought about going for a palindrome:  NE2EN.  Then I woulda' been the same backwards and forwards, comin' or goin'.  But I'm sure lotsa folks would have had something to say about that  :badgrin: So I settled for K2VH instead.  But I do like your NY4NC.  Very stately :roll:   Remember NY2H (New York's Second Harmonic)?  He gave it up though.  I thought that was a neat call too.

[K1JJ]

"NEW YORK 4 NORTH CAROLINA" NY4NC how's that for a guy
who's leaving NEW YORK for NORTH CAROLINA??  "

Yep, great call and clever, Glenn!  Almost like a tattoo where
you document a time line point in life.  

With your Long Island accent, the southern boys down there
will know you're a Yankee even without the new call...    

To drive em nuts....how 'bout,  NY4RM ?  
"New York's  REEEEAALL MAAANNN"... :lol:

T

[W2VW]

"
you document a time line point in life.  

With your Long Island accent, the southern boys down there
will know you're a Yankee even without the new call...    

T

Everyone down there now is from up North. That's what I keep hearing.

[W1RKW]

My callsign is a vanity callsign, I'll admit it. It's probably obvious anyway.  I always wanted a 1x3 "W" call with my initials. I thought it would have a good ring to it so to speak.  

I was issued my novice call, KA1IHQ in 1982.  Pronouncing the callsign out loud wasn't to bad sounding but at the time I didn't have access to the phone bands so CW was the only way to put it on the air and sending it using CW was a PITA.  I upgraded to technician and changed the call to N1EBA.  Phonetically it was a pain but a nice call for CW.  

Being a technician class license holder I horsed around on 2m voice. Conversely, pronouncing the call using voice turned out to be a PITA but CW was easier. On voice people would not get the call right probably because I didn't anunciate it well or clear enough.  I'd get variations in QSO's from N1EPA, N1EDA, etc. It drove me nuts having to correct.  I retained N1EBA up to Advanced then along came the Vanity Callsign program and shazzam I had my current callsign.  

The one thing I miss about my old callsign however is the phonetics I made up for it.  N1EBA = Extremely Big Appendage.  I'd get some laughs out that.  I haven't come up with any phonetics for the current callsign, never really thought about it.

[Glenn K2KL]

Thanks Tom and Herb!....

Oh yea Tom, there gonna know I'm a yankee the first time i say the word "coffee"!!  :lol:

NEW YORK's REAL MAN?... that would get me shot!!  :lol:  :lol:

"NEW YORK 4 NORTH CAROLINA" NY4NC how's that for a guy
who's leaving NEW YORK for NORTH CAROLINA??  "

Yep, great call and clever, Glenn!  Almost like a tattoo where
you document a time line point in life.  

With your Long Island accent, the southern boys down there
will know you're a Yankee even without the new call...    

To drive em nuts....how 'bout,  NY4RM ?  
"New York's  REEEEAALL MAAANNN"... :lol:

T

[Glenn K2KL]

That's true Dave!... very many yankee transplants down there... can't blame us though, it's a great place to live. Your hard earned dollar goes further down there and no more hauling snow!..... I'm looking forward to my 8 acres for ant farm and 220 volts in the shack for the new big mawl caw mawn!!

I'll post a few photo's of the new house here tomorrow...

NY4NC

"
you document a time line point in life.  

With your Long Island accent, the southern boys down there
will know you're a Yankee even without the new call...    

T

Everyone down there now is from up North. That's what I keep hearing.

[W3SLK]

Glenn said:

That's true Dave!... very many yankee transplants down there... can't blame us though, it's a great place to live. Your hard earned dollar goes further down there and no more hauling snow!..... I'm looking forward to my 8 acres for ant farm and 220 volts in the shack for the new big mawl caw mawn!!

The difference between a Yankee and a Damn Yankee is a Yankee is from the north, a Damn Yankee is from the north, moves south and stays! I was once a Damn Yankee (someone give me a RC and a Moon Pie!)

[Glenn K2KL]

Hi Mike!

But you didn't stay, right? unless you consider PA to be down south  :lol:

Where did you live?

Glenn said:

That's true Dave!... very many yankee transplants down there... can't blame us though, it's a great place to live. Your hard earned dollar goes further down there and no more hauling snow!..... I'm looking forward to my 8 acres for ant farm and 220 volts in the shack for the new big mawl caw mawn!!

The difference between a Yankee and a Damn Yankee is a Yankee is from the north, a Damn Yankee is from the north, moves south and stays! I was once a Damn Yankee (someone give me a RC and a Moon Pie!)

[Glenn K2KL]

I posted some photos of the new QTH in the station links and photos section.... please have a look