[Uram-rejections] Old Callsign

Mon May 30 18:25:50 BST 2016

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> From: "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <james.stewart497 at ntlworld.com>
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> Subject: Re: Old Callsign
> Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 18:10:37 +0100
> Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
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> References: <TZSi6HBskfRXFwdU at b-howie.demon.co.uk> <facfcebb-f648-4c56-9c43-f76fe12c5fb0 at googlegroups.com> <uGMdd0IXFyRXFwri at b-howie.demon.co.uk> <738e6ca8-6c1d-4eef-b70f-6265edffb9a1 at googlegroups.com> <ni954o$4ve$1 at dont-email.me> <nicjob$nd8$1 at dont-email.me> <0oojkb5bhq7sipper3l9ugn0k0gouta35h at 4ax.com> <nid31a$ijc$1 at dont-email.me> <0kemkb5q175ki4uoii47ulacikoth7je3f at 4ax.com> <wpmmMTIiw0SXFwzo at g3ohx.demon.co.uk> <1mo150g.1x1p4uu19yrtjcN%roger at hayter.org> <nih5t9$q6c$2 at news.albasani.net> <n0iokbl9f2svd8724c7fe7lm6irtpjfd9e at 4ax.com> <nihm81$r6m$1 at dont-email.me> <nihpj9$44p$1 at news.albasani.net>
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> "David Wade" <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:nihpj9$44p$1 at news.albasani.net...
> > On 30/05/2016 16:29, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
> >> "Guy G4DWV/4X1LT" <no-email at tardis.com> wrote in message
> >> news:n0iokbl9f2svd8724c7fe7lm6irtpjfd9e at 4ax.com...
> >>> On Mon, 30 May 2016 11:50:15 +0100, just as I was about to take a
> >>> herb, David Wade <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> disturbed my reverie and
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> You can not tell if some one passed the morse test by their call sign.
> >>>> Old calls can be re-issued to immediate family so many of the old calls
> >>>> have been re-issued to the siblings of the original holder.
> >>>
> >>> A pal of mine has a G3xxx call and got his SK father's G6xx call as
> >>> well. He only seems to use the former. IMHO, his G3 should have been
> >>> retired.
> >>>
> >>> OTOH, another G8 (old B) holder pal got a G4 that was willed to him
> >>> and he uses it. I do not know if he still holds the G8, but IMHO he
> >>> should not.
> >>>
> >>> Flame suit on and ready!
> >>
> >> shocking.....a class B G8 should never be issued a class A g4 call 
> >> .....what
> >> does he do when somebody calls him on CW? ........
> >>
> >>
> > Same as me (who passed the Morse test), ignores it. My call sign contains 
> > both letters and numbers. To pass the test I had to learn them separately, 
> > pass the numbers, pass the letters never had to put them together. So I 
> > might have a G4 but I can't read "normal" QSO type CW which is full of 
> > mixed letters and numbers, procedural symbols and punctuation (was that a 
> > question mark) that I never learnt...
> >
> > Dave
> > G4UGM
> 
> you should have just waited for the FL to come in ......... 
> 
> 
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