Posted by: Al Lorona on March 07, 08 at 00:56:02:
In Reply to: Re[2]:Original issue 1x2s? posted by N3RQ on February 17, 08 at 22:24:56:
Hello, Mark,
I hear your pain, but my unsolicited advice to you is to obtain that ol' 1x2 and be happy with it; make it yours; use it proudly. There are many folks out there who go out of their way to shame many hams from getting original issue 1x2s, either for themselves or for club stations or whatever. I don't know why you would say that "that call sign will never be mine," because although many, many people are named "Mark", you nevertheless feel an intimate affinity for your name because it's *yours*.
Good luck. A person's choice of call sign is a private choice that shouldn't be second-guessed, discouraged, or otherwise disparaged in any way by anybody else.
Regards,
Al W6LX