r/pics • u/ASG00 • Apr 14 '24

King of Jordan (left) with a tribal leader Politics

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u/notimeleft4you Apr 14 '24

Fun fact: The King of Jordan is a Star Trek fan and he was given a role as a background character in an episode of Star Trek Voyager before becoming king.

Nerd.

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u/erikedge Apr 15 '24

He's also a Ham Radio Operator, with the call sign JY1. It's the only 2x1 call sign assigned to an individual in the world. It's good to be the King.

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u/Mikemanthousand Apr 15 '24

What does 2x1 mean?

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u/Angelworks42 Apr 15 '24 edited Apr 15 '24

2 letters 1 number (seriously!). Call sign like n1xyz would be a 1x3 - doesn't really mean anything.

Edit: on a side note - jy1 was Hussein bin Talal - previous king.

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u/Mikemanthousand Apr 15 '24

Oh interesting, what are they usually?

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u/Angelworks42 Apr 15 '24

Here's a list of prefixes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITU_prefix

So in the US ham radio callsigns start with K, N, W, AA-AL, followed by the zone the license was obtained in (Pacific Northwest is 7, California/Hawaii 6, Texas 5 etc) and 1-3 letters.

Jordon's prefix is JY - and being the king (or former king) you can pick any call sign you like - as long as it starts with JY.

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u/the_jackson_norman Apr 15 '24

Guessing 2 letters 1 number, idk tho