[UK-CONTEST] G5UM G2AA Short contest calls

[Geoffg4afj at aol.com]

Hello all,
 
Many calls have been reissued to clubs and, in fact, Jack's (G5UM) 'Call  
Book' notes that the two letter suffix calls were often reissued, presumably  
pre-WW II. This complicates claims for some calls as there might be two  
different claimants vying for the call. Or it may have been reissued  pre-war and is 
still current.
 
I see no problem with clubs taking over well known callsigns of members of  
their clubs eg G3LRS has G2AA and G5UM and the ARC of Nottingham took over 
G6CW.  Other clubs seem to have obtained appropriate suffixes eg G3PY, G5RR.
 
However, there are a number of instances where two letter suffix calls have  
been reissued on a most tenuous basis, sometimes on behalf of a club and then  
over a period of time they have migrated to be the Club callsign holder's  
personal call. eg G4AFJ starts a Kirkby Mallory Club and finds that a  previous 
resident of the village was G6ZZ. He requests the reissue of the  call for 
club use. A couple of years or so later it migrates so G4AFJ becomes  G6ZZ. 
 
Thus any vanity calls should be from a completely different series that has  
not previously been issued. Two letter suffixes from the M series could be  
used. ie M0AA -M9ZZ. If Ofcom is worried about a load of applications a one  off 
charge of £100 could be applied!
 
 
BTW Colin for vanity calls but as you are allowed to hold  more than one call 
I see no reason why the vanity call could not be held as  well as the 
original callsign especially as little work is involved with the  present 'lifetime 
licence'.
 
73, Geoff G4AFJ