My new call sign

When I was initially licensed two years ago, I was assigned the call sign of KF7VNY

Now that I upgraded my license to General Class, I had the option to choose a call of my own. It was approved today.

I am now K3DGH

The DGH will be obvious - those are my initials The K3 prefix is fun.

Radio call sign prefixes are assigned by nation - the United States can use the following letters for their call sign prefixes: K, N, W, AA-AL, KA- KZ, NA-NZ or WA-WZ

The numeral is assigned by area - my initial call used a 7 which indicates AZ, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA and WY

I was born on November third in Pennsylvania. K is the eleventh letter of the alphabet - hence K3 = 11/03 and the number three is the area including Pennsylvania.

My new call sign is about as autobiographical as it can get and yes, I am a geek...