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   From: brian@nospam.demon.co.uk   
      
   In message , Rob   
    writes   
   >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   
   >Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch?   
      
   5K W of Bangor ;-)   
      
   Brian   
      
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