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   From: ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.demon.co.uk   
      
   In message , mm0fmf    
   writes   
   >On 06/08/2016 16:51, Ian Jackson wrote:   
   >> In message , Stephen Thomas Cole   
   >>  writes   
   >>> Ian Jackson  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> But in this case, it looks like OFCOM have simply started re-using any   
   >>>> available callsign that has lapsed or is otherwise no longer current -   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Excellent news! I've just put in my application for G3OHX once that one's   
   >>> freed up.   
   >>>   
   >> To make sure you get it, I'll add a codicil to my will.   
   >   
   >I'm strongly in favour of recycling calls. Kills all the call sign   
   >snobbery dead when you don't know if a G3 is original or new.   
      
   Class-Bs, FLs, ILs and Fulls should know their place!   
      
   > Then you can decide if someone is an idiot on how they act not on when   
   >they were licenced.   
      
   Actually, I've never been a callsign snob - but using an old-timer's   
   recycled callsign seems a strange thing to do - especially if you've got   
   a perfectly good one of your own.   
   >   
   >   
      
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