Sometimes I get rather obsessive with military callsigns. Let's face it no military callsign list is complete, they never will be. It may be one of the most fluid parts of our hobby. Callsigns are constantly changing, such is the way of the military. There are several lists available on the web, some good ones that come to mind are:
The Guide's Internet Callsign List: www.the-guide.nl/callsign
And Hugh Stegman's (MT editor) Callsign List: http://www.ominous-valve.com/callsign.txt
Sometimes the updates for these list may run a little long. We all know its not an easy task to keep up with. In fact on Hugh Stegman's page he says (forever under construction). These gentlemen do us a wonderful service. However this is also a part of the hobby where you need to do things in your own way. Thus I have started my own military callsign list using a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (Freeware Open Office also works great and they are interchangable). I input any callsigns garnered from my own monitoring and those posted to various lists such as QTH.net's Milcom list. Using a good spreadsheet program you can configure it however you wish, to show as little or as much information as you like. I know many of us keep our own lists, if you have not started one yet, I strongly urge you to do so. Its easy and I actually find it quite enjoyable. It is just another form of collecting.
You can always use the other lists as cross reference sources. With these tools at your command you can't go wrong when you do it yourself!
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