[UK-CONTEST] SHORT CONTEST CALLS

[Colin]

Clive,

The subject of vanity or 'personalised calls' is being actively pursued 
but it is an uphill struggle with the arguments from Ofcom now being 
based on available resources.   For some reason they have visions of 
50,000 full licensees all wanting to change their call!

Let me carry out a straw poll of members of this reflector and Tim might 
be able to advise me of the number of subscibers -

How many of you would want a personalised callsign i.e. GNLL, MNLL, 2LNL 
(N=number, L=letter) if it meant surrendering your old callsign?

Clive, I also agree with your final sentence.

73

Colin, G3PSM

.Clive Whelan wrote:
>
> 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:
>>   
>>     
>>>  
>>> 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 ?
>>>
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