Evening All,
Installed UHF in the rig the other day and started to play with new toy (as you do).
Daytime was pretty crap but one evening there was some serious traffic from base stations and mobiles who used callsigns for ID.
Later, on one occaision when I made my first transmission, I was asked if I had a callsign.
I noticed that a callsign was also suggested as a good idea by a couple of citizen's band websites.
This got me thinking about a useful callsign for myself.
Then the
bright idea struck. Why not use "Explore Oz" followed by my
membership no?
Bit lengthy but with practice if rolls off the tongue OK and could be abbreviated to "EO" followed by no., once all became familiar with its use.
I can see that it gives those of us who are in the same city another more direct means of communication.
On the way to occaisional organised events it means that those wanting contact before reaching the meetingplace (to find theirway?)are easily recognised by the others.
We advertise our group with pride on wheel covers and with stickers and stubby holders, why not advertise our presence on the UHF as
well?
If a specific channel is decided upon and a time suggested we could all come up and have a real identity on air.
If you favour a callsign with some status why join a radio group when you already belong to this organisation?
Hearing our callsigns and the subject matter we discuss may encourage others to join.
So I e-mailed the idea to David who suggested I float it here on the
forum.
I guess it's worth knowing how many members use callsigns so if you do let's know by replying to this post.
The next question is how many members would be interested in adopting the practice?
I don't think this should happen at all without the OK of David and Michelle as it is their business and business name we would be using but if enough members are enthusiastic perhaps with some ground rules set by them we could have their permission.
So what do you think? Let's know by posting a reply.
Cheers,
Camper