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   James Stewart to none@invalid.com   
   Re: Southgate Amateur Radio News for Sat   
   07 Aug 16 21:16:40   
   
   XPost: uk.radio.amateur   
   From: james.stewart497@ntlworld.com   
      
   "mm0fmf"  wrote in message   
   news:no51va$osa$1@dont-email.me...   
   > 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 available callsign that has lapsed or is otherwise no longer current -   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. Then you can   
   > decide if someone is an idiot on how they act not on when they were   
   > licenced.   
   >   
   >   
   finger guns at a rally confirm that ........   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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