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[Jim Reisert AD1C]

Thanks, Bill.  I'll see what I can do.

I guess the best thing is if people log a GB or GQ callsign, over-ride the
prefix and TELL me what country it is so I can get it into the database.

73 - Jim AD1C

--- Bill Henderson GM0VIT <bill@bofc.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> Jim
> 
> I've just phoned the RSGB (our equivalent of your ARRL).
> 
> GB calls are issued for a maximum 28 days. You can request  further blocks
> of a maximum of 28 days as often as you like. This GB call will not be
> issued to another station for 2 years unless the original holder gives his
> or her permission.
> 
> This , in effect, means that the same call could be issued several times in
> a year and to different stations in different parts of Britain. Here's a
> fictitious and very unlikely example:
> June 1 to 3   GB0IWF   Isle of Wyte Ferry   England
> June 20         GB0IWF   Irish Wheat Farmers   Northern Ireland
> July 14 to 21   GB0IWF   Inland Water Fowlers   Scotland
> 
> etc etc.
> 
> If I was you I wouldn't bother with them as they are very difficult to keep
> up with. Just continue the way you are; GB defaults to G and we can change
> them ourselves if we need to.
> 
> GQ  -  Used to celebrate the Queen's (the woman with the embarrassing family
> and not the pop group) Golden Jubilee. You could amend your own callsign by
> sticking a Q after the G if you were English or replacing the second letter
> if from somewhere else. I could have been GQ0VIT instead of GM0VIT. This ran
> between 19th May and 7th or 8th June 2002
> 
> These were a bit like the OQ calls issued to celebrate a royal event in
> Belgium a year or two ago.
> 
> I hope that this helps.
> 
> Bill GM0VIT


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