XPost: rec.radio.amateur.policy, uk.radio.amateur   
   From: no.sp@m.com   
      
   On 06/08/16 13:06, Ian Jackson wrote:   
   > In message <001a114f3c6221bb17053965c405@google.com>, Southgate Amateur   
   > Radio News RSS Feed  writes   
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   >> The RSGB website reports Ofcom have been re-issuing old amateur radio   
   >> call  signs   
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   > It looks like the end of amateur radio as we know it.   
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   I don't see why.   
      
   It has happened in the UK and elsewhere for years. Just because you   
   don't approve of it doesn't mean it will 'end amateur radio as we know it'.   
      
   Many people won't wish to change call signs they have held for years.   
   Some will wish to get an 'old' call sign, for whatever reason, if it is   
   to gain so 'kudos' by seeming to be more 'established' than their really   
   are, then chances are it will be pretty obvious to those who they come   
   into contact with and it will backfire. I know a couple of cases of   
   this, it was very, very, obvious. Both had gone to some lengths to   
   acquire the old call signs (it was some years back). I believe at least   
   one is no longer active, having met so much ridicule due to his   
   incompetence etc. (Despite having passed the Morse test!)   
      
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