[UK-CONTEST] Re the shortened callsigns, and License(!)

[g3ory at lineone.net]

Hi All,

The use of Licence/license in the phrase "Ofcom licensing page" is a 
gerundive which says it is a verbal adjective.

As such Ofcom could well be correct to spell it 'licensing' and not 
'licencing'. I will have to ask a few folk who are better at spelling 
than I am.

73 Bob
G3ORY

>----Original Message----
>From: pcooper at guernsey.net
>Date: 30/11/2007 15:25 
>To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
>Subj: [UK-CONTEST] Re the shortened callsigns, and License(!)
>
>Afternoon one and all,
>
>Nope, I will hang on to GU0SUP till the ends of time. It is far too 
well
>known (well, it is in the RTTY world!) to have any desire to change 
it, and
>I have got to quite like it. It also sounds OK in CW.
>
>I guess many of us here have callsigns that were allocated by the 
system,
>rather than these days where you can request pretty much any call you 
like.
>
>Having the double letter prefix is enough of a challenge anyway, and 
any
>shorter versions would probably elicit several di-di-dah-dah-di-dit's 
as to
>the missing letters. My only gripe with my call is that sometimes the 
last
>two letters can cause confusion when working someone operating split! 
(ie
>gu0sUP)
>
>Our club has MU2K, and I have to say that the MU prefix certainly 
seems to
>cause a lot of confusion outside the UK. I get a lot of QSL cards for 
MU's
>that have GU as the prefix on them, and having tried MU2K on CW, some 
folk
>still seem to hear GU instead of MU, thinking they missed a dit.
>
>I have just negotaited the Ofcom website for my own call, and note 
that the
>actual wesbite to log in/register is shown as ..../licenSing/olc/ !!
>The letter from Ofcom has BOTH spellings in the content of the 
letter! The
>heading is YOUR NEW LIFETIME RADIO LICENCE, great so far, but then 
goes on
>to suggest that I need to register on the "Ofcom licensing page" !
>
>I guess they will use that old chestnut of "but I spell-checked it, 
and it
>was OK".
>
>So Colin, thanks for the info, and NO, I do not wish to change my 
call.
>
>73 de Phil GU0SUP UP UP UP UP!
>
>
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