Re: Re: best gmrs transceiver
By: phigan to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Jul 12 2026 04:14 pm
ph> Not sure if it's always been this way,
ph> but call signs get shorter the higher
ph> level license you get. The number
ph> indicates the area you got the license
ph> from. So the first license gets you a
ph> 2x3 call, then the next a 2x2, and the
ph> next 2x1 or 1x2, I think. The K isn't
ph> necessarily fixed, but also has to do
ph> with where the license was from. These
ph> days, though, you can get any call with
ph> a vanity call request (I think).
Yup, you have it, aside from the K, N, A or W indicating where a license was iss
ued, only the numbers reflect that. Some of us (like me) are weird and like our
original 2x3 call so much that we just keep it as we upgrade (changing your call
each level of license you obtain is optional). True on the vanity callsigns, al
though a Technician class (first level) can only select a 1x3 or 2x3 callsign, a
nd only Extra class (top class) can select a 1x2 or 2x1 (I think.)
Okay I'll quit being a ham nerd now lol
-Tim KB9SNL
-Tim KB9SNL
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