Yes, but things are more complex. Our worthy bureaucrats (some of them
amateur radio bureaucrats) have created a system you won¹t believe. See
http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=call_signs_1&id=amateur.
Here in Connecticut, I am KB1LYM. (But my radio hardly ever gets powered up
and I am still a lowly Tech class hoping to take the General test someday.
News Flash: they dropped the Morse code requirement. To learn more about ham
radio, see arrl.org.)
--Dave S.
On 6/28/07 11:37 PM, "Joe McCary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK, knots it will be (but I know who to blame when my fingers fall off from
> typing those 3 extra letters;-). The K prefix is interesting for US. In
> radio, W is the prefix for East of the Mississippi and K is west.
>
>
> Joe McCary
> Aeolus II
> West River, MD
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> On Behalf Of David Shugarts
>
>
>
>
> I think most people would recognize ³Kn² in boating, but knots is usually ³KT²
> in aviation,
>
> For any U.S. airport, type a ³K² and the three-letter identifier you are used
> to. (Somehow, the ³K² here stands for ³United States.²)
>
