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   From: nomail@example.com   
      
   Roger Hayter  wrote:   
   > Rob  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Michael Black  wrote:   
   >> > There's a Yukon station using the call YK150YUKON, for the 150th year   
   >> > since Canadian confederation.  That's a far cry from the club's usual   
   >> > VY1AAA callsign.   
   >> >   
   >> > I remember the days when "special callsigns" fit the usual pattern, except   
   >> > the three letters at the end might sort of indicate the special event.   
   >> > Even when the US allowed some special prefixes, they weren't as cumbersome   
   >> > as YK150YUKON.   
   >>   
   >> Yes but that was in the old days.  When an e-mail could only be sent   
   >> by telex and a photograph was stored on a silver-based chemical.   
   >>   
   >> Sometimes things change, you know.   
   >   
   > But not Morse code.  And RSI from repeating 10 characters multiple   
   > times.   
      
   What if your QTH is Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drob   
   ll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch?   
      
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