[UK-CONTEST] FW: Vanity Calls

[David Barber]

And for those who don't have a degree in ciphers this is what Quin said. :-)


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From: QUENTIN COLLIER [mailto:q.g.collier at btinternet.com] 
Sent: 29 July 2008 19:06
To: david.barber at dbelectronics.co.uk
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Vanity Calls

And just to add to this, the story as told to me many years ago was the the
G stood for GPO (General Post Office for those whose memories don't go as
far back as October 1969!). I was also told that the Royal Navy had a
separate prefix (I believe B) but that this was subsequently discontinued.
However I've never been too sure whether I believed that bit....    

73,




Quin G3WRR
----- Original Message ----
From: David Barber <david.barber at dbelectronics.co.uk>
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Cc: Chris Tran GM3WOJ <zl1ct1 at gm7v.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 29 July, 2008 12:32:18 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Vanity Calls

For anyone that's interested in history and perhaps one for the pub quiz.

Around 1912 / 1913 G & M calls were issued as "General" calls with M usually
associated with the Marconi Company.

1919 saw the issuing of MZX to Marconi in Chelmsford.

There really is nothing new!

David



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From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Chris Tran GM3WOJ
Sent: 29 July 2008 11:52
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Vanity Calls

John Crowder wrote :  "In terms of special contest callsigns there would
appear have been a precedent set in IOTA 2007 when GZ0F was used for the
Shetland Fair Isle expedition. I wonder how much comment occurred when this
call was announced as surely Z is not a valid regional locator"

Hi John et al

Sorry I have not been following this thread too closely cos of IOTA
preparations, etc.

GZ and MZ *are* valid regional locators - specifically
for SCCs used in Shetland - this arrangement has been in place since 2000
(GZ7V) but has not been used very often.

73
Chris
GM3WOJ

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