[Uram-rejections] Old Callsign

Mon May 30 16:35:30 BST 2016

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> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex at attglobal.net> wrote in message 
> news:nig5ft$635$1 at jstuckle.eternal-september.org...
> > On 5/29/2016 2:44 AM, FranK Turner-Smith G3VKI wrote:
> >> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex at attglobal.net> wrote in message
> >> news:nidcu2$oac$3 at jstuckle.eternal-september.org...
> >>> On 5/28/2016 1:19 PM, FranK Turner-Smith G3VKI wrote:
> >>>> "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam at thank.you.invalid> wrote in message
> >>>> news:ni954o$4ve$1 at dont-email.me...
> >>>>> "Tony Nicholls" <tonynicholls928 at gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>>>> news:738e6ca8-6c1d-4eef-b70f-6265edffb9a1 at googlegroups.com...
> >>>>>> Hi Brian - saw your post and laughed out loud. Reminded me and my 
> >>>>>> wife
> >>>>>> of
> >>>>>> a Poirot episode where Miss Lemon tries to remember a name convinced 
> >>>>>> it
> >>>>>> started with a certain letter and quite non-plussed said a name which
> >>>>>> did
> >>>>>> not start with the letter at all. I had a vision of a QSL card on my
> >>>>>> pin
> >>>>>> board with G0BDZ, on reflection I think it must have been a contact
> >>>>>> rather than my own. As soon as myself and my wife saw it it was a 
> >>>>>> DOH!
> >>>>>> moment.
> >>>>>> Thank you for your trouble, the address from QRZ was from when we 
> >>>>>> lived
> >>>>>> with my wifes family at Hose after leaving Grantham. If it would be
> >>>>>> possible wonder if you might scan the Park Avenue page as this was 
> >>>>>> one
> >>>>>> of
> >>>>>> the addresses I gave to OFCOM when re-applying for my G1. I said to
> >>>>>> them
> >>>>>> I couldnâ?Tt remember my G0 call. The main reason for enquiry is to
> >>>>>> clarify my final callsign before getting QSL cards printed. It might
> >>>>>> also
> >>>>>> be nice if anyone remembered working me back then. Thank you once 
> >>>>>> again
> >>>>>> Brian.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -----ooooo-----
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It is DEFINITELY worth resurrecting your G0 call, for it sets you in a
> >>>>> class
> >>>>> apart as having made the effort to pass the CW test, even if further 
> >>>>> use
> >>>>> of CW was of no interest to you.
> >>>>>
> >>>> I suppose you could view it in the same way as holding on to a licence 
> >>>> to
> >>>> drive manual gearbox cars even if you only ever drive automatics.
> >>>
> >>> I wish I had a manual transmission.  But when we got new cars a few
> >>> years ago, they weren't even available on the cars we wanted (we got two
> >>> identical ones except for color).
> >>>
> >>> And some other models we looked at cost more for the manual transmission
> >>> than an automatic.  How times change!
> >>>
> >> I don't know how it works in the USA, but here (UK) if you pass your 
> >> driving
> >> test in a manual car you get a licence to drive manual or automatics. If 
> >> you
> >> pass in an automatic you are only licenced to drive autos. If you later 
> >> want
> >> to drive a manual you have to take another test.
> >> Rather like the old "Radio Amateur (Sound)" A and B tickets.
> >>
> >
> > No difference here.  If you pass the test, you can drive either.
> >
> > You do need to pass tests for other things like motorcycles, big trucks,
> > and even in some states if you want to drive a car commercially (i.e.
> > taxi driver, etc.).
> >
> > What we need here is for people to have to prove they can parallel park.
> > Some states require it, but not all.  And I think once they've passed
> > the test, most people seem to forget how.
> >
> especially women .... 
> 
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