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  1. K

    how does a FCC License work?

    As your research will bear out, about 80% of the operators requesting a vanity call in California choose a Region 6 callsign. Why? Because those with '6' calls are usually associated with that state. IMO, most of those requesting out of region callsigns ignore the region associated with the...
  2. K

    Tower's up...

    Congrats, excellent thread, and thanks for posting it.
  3. K

    While waiting for my call to show up in the FCC database....

    The Century Club (3905CCN) conducts some of the more popular nets, and continues to attract many participants. This may be due to the fact that the club conducts nets on SSB, CW and other modes, as well as multiple bands. However, there are a ton of other (net) choices where participants may...
  4. K

    ARRISAT-1 Burn Up

    Arrisat-1 was showing at the time of my previous post on N2YO site 'live tracking', and has been updated as decayed on that site. I guess another question would be how accurate their tracking is-when a satellite goes into decay.
  5. K

    While waiting for my call to show up in the FCC database....

    Congrats, hopefully it will show up-today! :thumbup: The antennas that you're connecting to that rig will help many of us-hear you. Looking forward to making contact with you. Are you interested both nets and contesting?
  6. K

    ARRISAT-1 Burn Up

    It's about to pass over Vancouver, and Canada. This one is still orbiting...
  7. K

    Took the Technician and General today...

    Congrats on passing both! Long callsign, or shorter callsign? Decisions-decisions...
  8. K

    Call sign availability

    You'll find 'lost calls' like you mentioned-displayed on the RadioQTH site (see the tab near the top right). However, there are many available that are not listed on that, or other similar sites. When I submitted 7 callsigns for 'vanity' the first choice was granted. KW9W had been available...
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    Good dummyload

    MFJ 949E - Antenna Tuner w/ built-in dummy load. It's good to have two accessories built into one box! :thumbup1: