I never applied for an amateur radio license because I didn't like the idea of appearing on an official list of "skilled" people. Until now that was a theoretical fear. One I wasn't even sure if it was warranted or just me being overly cautious.
In Belarus things escalated quickly. Radio amateurs - usually recognized as men of goodwill - have been declared enemies of the state and publicly shamed and indicted for high treason.
@nblr Absolutely blood chilling. The things that can be weaponized to use against us …
All right, fascist bastards … I remain your lifelong dedicated adversary, licensed radio operator K2OOI.
(And a Stanley Kubrick fan too, heaven forfend!)
For the record, here in the States, call signs have to end in characters, not numbers. So despite appearances, my call sign is actually
Kilo two oscar oscar india.
@DragonBard @nblr Thanks! I definitely lucked out (in the sense that it was available) but it was no accident … I applied for it as a vanity call.
The records show that someone used to have it, but they either passed away or let it expire a while back, so I snapped it up.
I could have taken either K2OOI or W2OOI … in fact, here on the east coast, the convention is that you take a W call …
but I grew up by Seattle where all the stations were K … it also saves me 2 syllables!
~n
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