XPost: rec.radio.amateur.policy, uk.radio.amateur   
   From: headstone255.but.not.these.five.words@yahoo.com   
      
   On 24/08/2017 14:07, Ian Jackson wrote:   
   > In message , A. non Eyemouse   
   >  writes   
   >> On 24/08/2017 10:54, Roger Hayter wrote:   
   >>> Jimbo  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> "Lucifer Morningstar"  wrote in message   
   >>>> news:a0srpc9c5iis4p0ma9gk427n7k50b43foj@4ax.com...   
   >>> snip   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The call signs are not invalid and the affected parties should but not   
   >>>>> must contact Ofcom, so I would suggest those who like their special   
   >>>>> call sign should hang on to it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> bit like getting extra money out of a cash machine then ? .....   
   >>>  Not a bit like it!   In that case the bank has lost the money you   
   >>> gained.  In the case of the callsigns it is unlikely that all 600 or so   
   >>> two letter calls would have been issued apart from the mistake, so   
   >>> no-one has lost anything.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> I've yet to hear any of these new calls or anyone own up to having   
   >> one. So maybe the recipients have been intimidated into handing them   
   >> back to OFCOM.   
   >   
   > AIUI, OFCOM ultimately can revoke our licences when they need to. I'd be   
   > surprised if there isn't a clause saying so in the licence (but I'm too   
   > busy to check).   
   >>   
   >   
      
   and / or the Secretary of State, or via a notice published in the London   
   Gazette?   
      
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