XPost: rec.radio.amateur.policy, uk.radio.amateur   
   From: jstucklex@attglobal.net   
      
   On 8/6/2016 3:05 PM, Brian Reay wrote:   
   > On 06/08/16 14:38, Ian Jackson wrote:   
   >> In message , Brian Reay  writes   
   >>> On 06/08/16 13:06, Ian Jackson wrote:   
   >>>> In message <001a114f3c6221bb17053965c405@google.com>, Southgate Amateur   
   >>>> Radio News RSS Feed  writes   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The RSGB website reports Ofcom have been re-issuing old amateur radio   
   >>>>> call  signs   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It looks like the end of amateur radio as we know it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> 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'.   
   >>   
   >> We have discussed this before. Some (I for one) consider callsigns as   
   >> something treasured and personal. Others see them simply as a sort of   
   >> serial number, and as of little relevance as (say) the serial number on   
   >> your TV or driving licence - so their attitude is essentially "So what?   
   >> A callsign's a callsign".   
   >   
   > I appreciate your opinion but not everyone shares it. I do to an extent   
   > in that I think the previous holder should either give permission   
   > (perhaps by saying they are happy for the callsign to generally to be   
   > reused or reused by some who is related etc.) or after a set period. I   
   > believe the period in the US is 2 years but I'm not sure. The US vanity   
   > call I picked hadn't, as far as I know, been previously issued.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Brian, yes, it is two years here.  As for your call not having been   
   previously issued (I don't remember what it is off hand), that's very   
   possible.  Even without reissuing we still have a plethora of available   
   call signs here.   
      
      
      
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