XPost: rec.radio.amateur.policy, uk.radio.amateur   
   From: Aero.Spike@mail.invalid   
      
   On 10/08/2016 09:49, Ian Jackson wrote:   
      
   > Nevertheless, many consider that your callsign is just as personal as   
   > your name - in fact, even MORE personal, because in the whole world, it   
   > is absolutely unique. This is why great caution should be taken to   
   > ensure that we know who the real owner is, therefore recycling should be   
   > done only in the long term. We should not be deceived into thinking that   
   > a newly-licensed teenager is a well-respected old-timer who held the   
   > callsign for over 60 years.   
      
   Or, perhaps, a fat, bald, Class B who seized a chance to up-status   
   themselves.   
      
   Your idea might be viable if there was a 100-year gap between re-issues.   
      
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   Spike   
      
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