K7TXX

Since I plan on going straight for my Extra class license I've been thinking of vanity call signs. My first thought was to use my old arcade letters "TXX."

When I was growing up I played a lot of pinball. One day I walked into the arcade and saw this weird machine in the corner. It was a "video game" called Pac Man. I've been a gaming geek ever since.

In all types of arcade games when you got a high score you got to put in your initials. I put in T for Tammy and then XX either because I thought it was mysterious or cool or both. Actually now that I think about it I think I worried that someone else would have my same initials and I would never know if the score was mine or not. With TXX I was always sure that was me. To this day if I get a high score on some kind of machine I enter TXX.

K7 represents my part of the country and fits with my brothers' call signs so I wanted K7 for sure. I considered a 4 symbol call but they are hard to come by. K7OW is coming available later this month but even if I went for it I'm not sure someone else wouldn't beat me to it.

So for now I assume that I'll be changing my call to K7TXX which is why I named the website K7TXX. If I change my mind I'll probably change the blog to match.