Pilots who are also Ham Radio ops... how many?

"Chuck" wrote in message
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WK5M (Karl) and the wife (Gloria) is KA5ZTX


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Was wondering if there were any 5's out there...

Is there a special significance to 5? I know nothing about hams, other than
they are sometimes too salty, and sometimes give me gas.g
--
Jim in NC


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the 5th call area- Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Texas

Mark
N28409
WC5I


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"Chuck" wrote in message
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WK5M (Karl) and the wife (Gloria) is KA5ZTX


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Was wondering if there were any 5's out there...

Is there a special significance to 5? I know nothing about hams, other
than
they are sometimes too salty, and sometimes give me gas.g
--
Jim in NC


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Morgans wrote:


Is there a special significance to 5? I know nothing about hams, other than
they are sometimes too salty, and sometimes give me gas.g

Oringially, the digit gave you a rough estimation of where the ham
lived. However, while the FCC still issues them based on your
address, you're not required to change them when you move and you
can order a "vanity call" with any number in it. I've never lived
in 1-land, but I have a N1RN vanity call. Some of you will note that's
also a valid N number registration. I actually had it reserved for
several years but I decided I'd never get around to using it and stopped
renewing it. There's a glider somewhere in the midwest that has that
number on it now.

Yes its interesting how the ham call sign assignment has evolved over the
years. Interestingly enough, back when I requested this 1x2 callsign (1976?)
there were no licensing fees. I've lived in the south for 30 years and
have never had to change my callsign... good thing cuz nowadays I'd never
get an equivalent 1x2 call.

I've talked to some pretty fascinating people over the years (been a ham
for over 35)... one guy who flew with Doolittle's Tokyo raiders
(he was a standby pilot and didn't actually go that day)... Tom Christian,
great great (whatever) grandson of Fletcher Christian on Pitcairn Island...
a guy who used to talk with Lee DeForest all time during the early days
of radio.... phew...


Ron Natalie wrote:
Morgans wrote:


Is there a special significance to 5? I know nothing about hams,
other than
they are sometimes too salty, and sometimes give me gas.g


Oringially, the digit gave you a rough estimation of where the ham
lived. However, while the FCC still issues them based on your
address, you're not required to change them when you move and you
can order a "vanity call" with any number in it. I've never lived
in 1-land, but I have a N1RN vanity call. Some of you will note that's
also a valid N number registration. I actually had it reserved for
several years but I decided I'd never get around to using it and stopped
renewing it. There's a glider somewhere in the midwest that has that
number on it now.

I actually saw a photo of an old aircraft that had a registration number that
began with K. Evidently that was done at some point. The U.S. has N, K, & W
allotted for callsigns.

I wonder if the FCC and FAA talk to each other about calls/registrations. N1RN,
for example, is a perfectly valid a/c registration. So is N4GA, the number of
AOPA's jet. Theoretically, a ham could have his call and his aircraft with the
same number.

Dave Reinhart


Ron Natalie wrote:

Morgans wrote:


Is there a special significance to 5? I know nothing about hams, other than
they are sometimes too salty, and sometimes give me gas.g

Oringially, the digit gave you a rough estimation of where the ham
lived. However, while the FCC still issues them based on your
address, you're not required to change them when you move and you
can order a "vanity call" with any number in it. I've never lived
in 1-land, but I have a N1RN vanity call. Some of you will note that's
also a valid N number registration. I actually had it reserved for
several years but I decided I'd never get around to using it and stopped
renewing it. There's a glider somewhere in the midwest that has that
number on it now.

WC5I - Mark and my YL, KA5SMT - Jane
in Arkansas

Mark
N28409
WC5I


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WK5M (Karl) and the wife (Gloria) is KA5ZTX


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Was wondering if there were any 5's out there...


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WB4ZMP (after starting ham life as KN5OEQ in the 1950s)

A similar question: how many pilots are also motorcycle riders? This
question was asked by the instructor at a CFI seminar I attended in the
mid-1990s, and perhaps a quarter of the CFIs there raised their hands.

Joe Morris (also Gold Wing rider)

kontiki writes:

Just curious how many of us are out there?

One nice thing for me is that its so nice to be able to Ident an
ILS/LOM/VOR or NDB without having to decode the dits and dahs.

Joe Morris wrote in message ...
WB4ZMP (after starting ham life as KN5OEQ in the 1950s)

A similar question: how many pilots are also motorcycle riders? This
question was asked by the instructor at a CFI seminar I attended in the
mid-1990s, and perhaps a quarter of the CFIs there raised their hands.

Joe Morris (also Gold Wing rider)

kontiki writes:

Just curious how many of us are out there?

One nice thing for me is that its so nice to be able to Ident an
ILS/LOM/VOR or NDB without having to decode the dits and dahs.

I ride a bike...
2001 Suzuki GSXR 750
1994 Honda RS 125 (track bike).

I've been riding street bikes since I was 19, and rode dirt bikes
before that. Motorcycles and flying are crack cocaine for me!

A friend of mine I rode w/ in college a few years ago also has his
PPL. I've also ran into assorted other pilots that ride, so maybe
there's some kind of correlation there. I think they're no too unlike
each other, both rewarding you for knowledge and experience. Deadly
to those who don't have respect for it. Keep the rubber side down!

Sam

I ride a bike...
2001 Suzuki GSXR 750
1994 Honda RS 125 (track bike).


'01 FZ-1
'83 XL-600R

Joe Morris wrote in message ...
WB4ZMP (after starting ham life as KN5OEQ in the 1950s)

A similar question: how many pilots are also motorcycle riders? This
question was asked by the instructor at a CFI seminar I attended in the
mid-1990s, and perhaps a quarter of the CFIs there raised their hands.

Joe Morris (also Gold Wing rider)

kontiki writes:

Just curious how many of us are out there?

One nice thing for me is that its so nice to be able to Ident an
ILS/LOM/VOR or NDB without having to decode the dits and dahs.


Bryan Chaisone (used to ride '70 FLH Electraglide)