XPost: uk.radio.amateur   
   From: nomail@example.com   
      
   Ian Jackson  wrote:   
   > They have (hopefully only accidentally) re-issued, to new licensees,   
   > callsigns that had been issued previously - but which had been expired   
   > for at least two years.   
   >   
   > They go on to say that if you have been issued one of these recycled   
   > callsigns - and don't like having a recycled callsign - you can ask for   
   > it to be replaced by a brand spanking new one. [There seems to be no   
   > intention of making you give up the recycled callsign.]   
      
   What is the point of recycling old callsigns when new ones are still   
   available?  I could understand that it is being done when all callsigns   
   in a series have been used up.   
      
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