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w7wv · 05-16-2008, 01:07 PM

That's an ICOM AH-4 tuner, not the SGC by the way.
And we may have QSO'd from time to time. Your callsign does sound familiar.
Although I have not had this one too many years now as it's a vanity.
I did not like the call they assigned when I got my ticket back KD7NAA and went for a vanity with my initials and got it, W7KKK. Then I thought that traveling the US with that on my license plates might not be a good idea so I went to the 1x2. I did seem to get more answers calling CQ however with the W7KKK callsign.
The only problem I have with the WV call is too many people hear or try to repeat it as WB. Too much advertising by the Warner Bros. networks I guess. You will normally hear me phonetically sign as Whiskey Seven Whiskey Victor on SSB as a result. Many don't pay attention to that either. I don't have that problem with CW however.
I moved all my logs to a laptop and failed to back them up and~~~You guessed it. I have little in the way of records now except QSLs.
I don't collect many but have gathered a few over the years.

05-16-2008, 01:07 PM	#6
w7wv Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SE AZ Posts: 239	That's an ICOM AH-4 tuner, not the SGC by the way. And we may have QSO'd from time to time. Your callsign does sound familiar. Although I have not had this one too many years now as it's a vanity. I did not like the call they assigned when I got my ticket back KD7NAA and went for a vanity with my initials and got it, W7KKK. Then I thought that traveling the US with that on my license plates might not be a good idea so I went to the 1x2. I did seem to get more answers calling CQ however with the W7KKK callsign. The only problem I have with the WV call is too many people hear or try to repeat it as WB. Too much advertising by the Warner Bros. networks I guess. You will normally hear me phonetically sign as Whiskey Seven Whiskey Victor on SSB as a result. Many don't pay attention to that either. I don't have that problem with CW however. I moved all my logs to a laptop and failed to back them up and~~~You guessed it. I have little in the way of records now except QSLs. I don't collect many but have gathered a few over the years.