[UK-CONTEST] SHORT CONTEST CALLS

[Clive Whelan]

Well somebody must already have explained their error, since the newly 
arrived GW7X NoV, correctly states "licence". In fact, elsewhere they 
even recognise the subtle difference when the verb is implied, as in 
"licensee".

I think however that this, and Don's point, although perfectly valid, 
tend to overlook a wider issue, which is that the licensing system 
itself is in need of some review. That is to say that SCCs and vanity 
calls should be revisited to address the aspirations not only of the 
contest community, but also the wider constituency of which we are all 
part. Perhaps one day  we might achieve a true incentive licensing 
system. Since however such systems run contrary to contemporary notions 
of political correctness, I am not holding my breath.


73



Clive
GW3NJW

Dave Lawley wrote:
> I got the renewal notice for M6Q a few weeks ago and was dismayed to see 
> the spelling 'license'.
>
> Dave G4BUO
>
>
> Don Beattie wrote:
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>>  
>> I've just received the renewal of G5W for the Contest Club, and note that one condition of the SCC is that:
>>
>> "A separate log must be kept in respect of this callsign"
>>
>> In my normal station call licence, it says that I shall keep a log at the request of Ofcom. Now of course anyone using a SCC will want to keep a log, I assume, (and I think should do for a non-contest station too !) but the legal basis for the licence appears to be inconsistent with the standard licence. I wonder if this is a hang-over from the old wording, or an intentional difference ?
>>
>> Don, G3BJ 
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