[UK-CONTEST] Short Contest Calls.

[brian coyne]

It never did make sense to me why the scc's were limited to major contests

I don't recall how the Regulator was named in those days but I do know that RSGB had to go cap in hand and tugging at the forelock to ask the slightest favour.

Maybe RSGB (HFCC) thought that was the most they dare ask for! Chris (SJJ) may know the answer to that one.

73  Brian 5B4AIZ.


> Hi All,
> It is now 16 years since short calls were first made available. To
> date 33 individual and a total of about 180 calls have been issued out of
> 520 available.
> Is it not now well overdue  that we now  be allowed to use these
> callsigns in ANY Contest. Listening on the bands in any smaller contests
> shows the regular use in other Countries of short calls.
> I am sure that Ofcom would be open to such a request, and it should
> be routine for the CC to encourage their use in in Many of  their 
> Contests.
> I cannot see the point of holding a contest call that you cannot use
> in any Contest.
> 73 Clive GM3POI