[UK-CONTEST] Vanity calls- revisited

[Ian White GM3SEK]

Clive Whelan wrote:

>
>Being an eternal ( cock eyed?) optimist and assuming that success is
>achieved by your sterling  efforts, you have clearly given thought to
>the  possible format of such calls. Alex would like to drop the E from
>his ZBE and I wouldn't object to dropping the W from my NJW. However,
>since there are only 26 possibilities in each case, the risk of conflict
>is clear, and that is without considering difficulties of re-issue.
>
>My best guess is that you are thinking about Mxn+2 ( where n is a
>numeral, and 2xn+2 series? I further speculate that these would not find
>great favour, but no doubt I will be told by the punters if I am wrong!
>May I suggest that the series Gx0, Gx7, and Gx9 ( all +2) are preferable
>as a starting point, to be supplemented by the aforementioned prefixes
>if required. Of course ZQ is also available, but I don't think I'd want
>one of those really ;-)

Having witnessed my wife's difficulties in making a 2M call understood, 
I wouldn't go near one! (Getting rid of that "2" is her greatest single 
incentive to upgrade.)

A partial solution to the limited number of two-letter calls could be to 
make two-letter vanity calls subject to re-issue a few years after they 
lapse, while retaining the present policy for all existing two-letter 
calls.

On the other hand, GM3SK would be too much like tempting Fate...


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73 from Ian GM3SEK
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