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  • Re: best gmrs transceiver

    From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to fusion on Sunday, July 12, 2026 09:25:25
    fusion wrote to Robert Wolfe <=-

    it's kind of a shame the callsigns for GMRS are 8 miles long :)

    I always thought it was cool seeing old HAM callsigns - the smaller the
    older, I presume.

    Phil Karn worked for Qualcomm and wrote Qpopper, a POP3 mail server I
    used, and KA9Q, a DOS TCP/IP router. KA9Q is his call sign. Given that
    the K is fixed, if they're given in alphabetical order, he'd be license
    number 1207?



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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to poindexter FORTRAN on Sunday, July 12, 2026 16:14:10
    Re: Re: best gmrs transceiver
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to fusion on Sun Jul 12 2026 09:25 am

    alphabetical order, he'd be license
    number 1207?

    Not sure if it's always been this way,
    but call signs get shorter the higher
    level license you get. The number
    indicates the area you got the license
    from. So the first license gets you a
    2x3 call, then the next a 2x2, and the
    next 2x1 or 1x2, I think. The K isn't
    necessarily fixed, but also has to do
    with where the license was from. These
    days, though, you can get any call with
    a vanity call request (I think).
    There's probably someone that knows all
    this junk better than I do.

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