Glenn gets his ham radio license

Glenn finally got around to getting his amateur radio, or ham license, something he has wanted for a very long time. After studying nearly every waking moment for two weeks using HamTestOnline™, he took all three exams on December 23. His license was issued today by the Federal Communications Commission. His call sign is:

The “A” indicates a USA call sign. “W” and “K” may be more familiar to you, but “A” and “N” prefixes are also used for USA radio call signs. The zero (hams like to put a slash through it so it is not mistaken for the letter “O”) indicates that the license was issued to someone in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska or South Dakota. “NM” was just the next letter in the sequence from which the license was issued. The format of the call sign, two letters, number, two letters, indicates that the licensee is an “Amateur Extra,” the highest privileged license issued to someone who passed all three exams.

In the International Phonetic Alphabet this comes out as “Alpha Charlie Zero November Mike.”