[UK-CONTEST] Long calls.

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

Certainly can do it on line and print your own - in fact, unless you want to pay £25 to have it done by paper, it's the only way.

Thanks everyone, makes it abundantly clear.

73 de M0XDF

On 8 Mar 2011, at 19:33, Colin Wilson wrote:

> David
> 
> No can't be true, my call originally issued in 1966 to my Dad was GM3VCQ but on moving to England in the 1970's he was issued with a new licence and his call changed to G3VCQ, later he returned to Scotland and again his call and licence changed to GM3VCQ. On retiring he moved to Kettering back into England and guess what...yep your right his licence and call was updated again to a G call. The call must reflect the main address the the station and that's why it changes!  Now another example is my own call, originally ZB2IP on returning to the UK at the end of the 1980's I applied for a UK call, at the time I was living in Scotland so my call became GM0MGW which after a year or so was changed again when I moved to Sheffield.  I don't think any of this has changed but I believe you can do it yourself now online and simply print off your new licence. Anyone know different?
> 
> 73
> 
> Colin CT7ACG/G3VCQ
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: David Ferrington, M0XDF
> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 11:36 AM
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Long calls.
> 
> interesting question - I believe that even if you've always lived in Scotland and applied for you license using an address in Scotland, your licence document would say G4WZG - but I'm open to being enlightened from someone who falls into that category.
> 
> 73 de M0XDF
> 
> On 8 Mar 2011, at 11:19, Andy Cunningham wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Bernie McIntosh (GM4WZG) <gm4wzg at kars.org.uk
>>> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Fortunately, although now resident in GM, my licence states "G4WZG"
>>> otherwise I presume I would have to sign EA1/GM4WZG/P ? Or do all secondary
>>> modifiers get dropped when working abroad ? Perhaps some knowledgable
>>> person
>>> might want to confirm this. Its always fun asking for knowledgable folk to
>>> answer on this reflector :-). Cue different points of view..... At least
>>> there can only be two points of view in this case. Or does someone want to
>>> debate that point....
>>> 
>>> 
>> Using anything other than the callsign printed on your licence (which I
>> assume is G4WZG, even though the address is in Scotland) is going to cause
>> confusion if you have to produce the licence for the local authorities, so I
>> would say to use what it says on your licence document.