XPost: uk.radio.amateur   
   From: usenet@stephenthomascole.com   
      
   Rob  wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   I claimed G3OHX yesterday so I have a spare callsign for use on 11m so I   
   don't sully up my own, respectable callsign when jamming 27.555.   
      
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