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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 ===== Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.com PGP Fingerprint: D8E2 3D78 339F A7F1 8C13 1193 B5D1 4FB6 79D1 70DC
