[UK-CONTEST] Individual Short Contest Callsigns

[Colin]

Folks,

I think some perspective needs to be applied here.   As Ed has 
mentioned, the actual work of approving such callsigns lies with the 
Contest Committee, or more accurately a small sub-group of the CC.   The 
criteria suggested to Ofcom was in response to their concerns that a 
number of existing SCCs have never been used and if the existing 
criteria continued there would be a possibility of exhausting the 
series.   As an aside there was also a concern within the Radio 
Licensing Centre that they would be overwhelmed by hundreds of 
applications and it took some time to dissuade them of this thought.   
What we do not want are "callsign wallpaper" collectors who have no 
intention of using SCCs and thereby depriving genuine contesters of the 
possibility of holding such calls.

The criteria agreed by the Ofcom lawyers are guidelines and I would 
suspect that existing _active_ SCC holders have nothing to worry about. 
   As with most matters of this nature a certain amount of common sense 
needs to be used in managing this programme.

I have no doubt the criteria will be reviewed at forthcoming Ofcom/RSGB 
Forum meetings.

73

Colin, G3PSM

On 02/03/2010 10:37, Nigel G3TXF wrote:
> Hello UK Contesters,
>
> There's already a strong whirl-wind around these SCC
> proposals. I expect that it could soon turn into quite a
> storm!
>
> One further (small) thought: If the Three As Contest Group's
> long held M5A callsign is summarily chopped at the end of
> the year and then later re-assigned to some other lucky
> group, will I then be able to sell him my stock of unused
> M5A QSLs? I do hope so.
>
> 73 - Nigel G3TXF
> Three As Contest Group : G0AAA and M5A.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Stewart Rolfe
> Sent: 02 March 2010 09:23
> To: UK-Contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Individual Short Contest Callsigns
>
> --- On Mon, 1/3/10, Ed - GW3SQX<g3sqx at edtaylor.org>  wrote:
>
>    
>> (6)  If I use my club's SCC as a single operator, does
>>      
> this qualify?
>    
>> The answer ought to be "yes", but Ofcom are a bit
>>      
> resistant.  After
>    
>> all, if I go to GW8GT and operate single-operator, I am
>>      
> using a
>    
>> shortish club call, but it is a genuine single-op entry,
>>      
> and will
>    
>> count in my SCC application.
>>      
> When our club applied for a SCC recently it was with a view
> to individual members being able to use it in addition to
> club multi-op operations; nothing on the hfcc web site
> indicates this as 'abuse' as some have suggested.
>
> So the above means a member can cite a score with a club SCC
> in support of that individual's SCC application but not as
> support to maintain the existing club short call? Seems
> odd.....
>
> 73,
>
> Stewart Rolfe, GW0ETF
>
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