home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   rec.radio.amateur.misc      Amateur radio practices, contests, event      23,971 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 22,245 of 23,971   
   Stephen Thomas Cole to Ian Jackson   
   Re: Southgate Amateur Radio News for Sat   
   06 Aug 16 18:51:02   
   
   XPost: uk.radio.amateur   
   From: usenet@stephenthomascole.com   
      
   Ian Jackson  wrote:   
   > 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 available callsign that has lapsed or is otherwise no longer current -   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.   
   >   
      
   I wouldn't want to use my own on 11m, which is why I've claimed yours   
   post-mortem. 26 Division calling!   
      
   --   
   STC / M0TEY /   
   http://twitter.com/ukradioamateur   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca