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| An easy way to see at a glance which amateur radio callsigns are available for issue is to use the M0PYL Callsign Lookup. | An easy way to see at a glance which amateur radio callsigns are available for issue is to use the M0PYL Callsign Lookup. | ||
| - | Use ? As a wildcard, e.g. entering P?? in the suffix will highlight all Available callsigns with a suffix starting with P. | ||
| - | Note: All callsigns marked as Reserved with a Last Modified Date of either blank or more than 5 years old are available for issue, you just need to ring Ofcom Spectrum Licensing (0300 123 1000) and ask them to change it to Available status. | + | First select the required callsign type e.g. Foundation, Intermediate or Full, then enter the suffix using the ? character as a wildcard, e.g. entering P?? in the suffix will highlight all Available callsigns with a suffix starting with P. |
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| + | Note: All callsigns marked as Reserved with a Last Modified Date of either blank or more than 5 years old are available for issue, you just need to ring Ofcom Spectrum Licensing (0300 123 1000) and ask them to change it to Available status. | ||
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| In 2000 Short Contest Callsigns with MZ and GZ prefixes were introduced for use in the Shetland Islands, {{ : | In 2000 Short Contest Callsigns with MZ and GZ prefixes were introduced for use in the Shetland Islands, {{ : | ||
| - | In 2008 Ofcom said they did not regard the RSL as being part of the core UK callsign and in 2013 stated the words in the licence actually meant the Main Station RSL should be used when visiting other regions but they were happy for amateurs to continue with existing practice of changing RSL if they wished. | + | In 2008 Ofcom said they did not regard the RSL as being part of the core UK callsign and in 2013 stated the words in the licence actually meant the Main Station RSL should be used when visiting other regions but they were happy for amateurs to continue with existing practice of changing RSL if they wished. |
| In 2014 Ofcom proposed making it clear in the licence that the RSL was optional, this generated opposition from the RSGB so Ofcom decided not to add clarity to the licence at that time but Ofcom continued to consider that amateurs with M or G callsigns could either omit the RSL or give the RSL for the region they were visiting if they wished. | In 2014 Ofcom proposed making it clear in the licence that the RSL was optional, this generated opposition from the RSGB so Ofcom decided not to add clarity to the licence at that time but Ofcom continued to consider that amateurs with M or G callsigns could either omit the RSL or give the RSL for the region they were visiting if they wished. | ||
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