XPost: uk.radio.amateur, rec.radio.amateur.policy   
   From: Aero.Spike@mail.invalid   
      
   On 05/03/2016 10:45, Brian Morrison wrote:   
   > Ian Jackson    
      
   >> Why do special contest stations need 'short callsigns'?   
      
   >> Bearing in mind that they are usually operating from specially selected   
   >> sites, running at least the legal power limit and using antenna systems   
   >> that most amateurs would die for, should we not be trying to level the   
   >> playing field a little by only having special LONG callsigns available   
   >> for contest work?   
      
   > Perhaps enforced exchanges of a few chapters of A la recherche du   
   >   temps perdu would help? 5wpm should be about right.   
      
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