[UK-CONTEST] Short calls

[Clive Whelan]

Good to hear the transatlantic perspective Roger, which I personally
think is the correct one. In this regard I saw an interesting quote on
cq-contest on a somewhat different subject, but nevertheless relevant I
think.

<People don't have call signs. Radio stations have call signs.>

The author was K0HB.

So I asked my station , and it would take a short call in the blink of
an LED!

We have names, but even my relatively unusual combination can be
duplicated many times over. I found this to my cost, when buying this
QTH, when I had to swear an affidavit that I was not the undischarged
bankrupt of the same name living in Essex. I bet he didn't do CW though!

So let's lighten up and reissue old Gx two letter calls to those who
want them if no relative ( not a third cousin once removed ;-) ) wants
them within a year or so.




Oh did I mention callsign licence plates on this side cost GBP500 :-(

btw I agree with another correspondent that a reasonable fee should be
charged for a vanity call. Those who want it must be prepared to stump
up, bur perhaps not GBP500 ;-)


73



Clive
GW3NJW

Roger Parsons wrote:
> I really don't see the problem with reissuing
> callsigns. I believe I am the third holder of VE3ZI
> and I'm quite sure I won't be the last. I actually
> like the idea that someone else will keep the call
> active after I'm gone. I do know a little about the
> previous holders and hope that I am maintaining their
> standards. (Bit hard as one of them was a radio
> inspector!) 
>
> There are no doubt countless thousand of people called
> 'Roger Parsons' around the world - does that make it
> any less my personal name?
>
> In Canada relatives have one year to 'claim' a
> callsign and after that it is available for anyone.
> Seems perfectly fair and reasonable to me. The current
> situation in the UK is grotesquely unfair where a few
> people can manage to find a tenuous connection to a
> pre-war callsign when most can not.
>
> The UK has more callsign blocks than any other country
> in the world - it's time we used them! Anyone for
> ZQ1A?
>
> Oh, and callsign licence plates are $25 here.
>
> 73 Roger
> G3RBP/VE3ZI
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