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[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Ofcom release ham radio Club Call sign list

Following a Freedom of Information (FoI) request Ofcom released a list of
amateur radio Club call signs in the UK and Crown Dependencies

In the UK you cannot tell from a basic call sign if it is a Club licence or
an Individual licence. On-the-Air some clubs may choose to use a special
Regional Secondary Locator when they give a call sign but that is entirely
optional. Some call signs may appear as "Details Withheld" in Callbooks or
under the Individual holders name and give no indication it is a Club call.

Ofcom's list, released on April 30, 2020, shows there are currently over
1600 Valid Club call signs, it can be seen at
https://whatdotheyknow.com/request/658526/response/1565919/attach/9/Copy%20of%20Club
%20Call%20Signs%2023
%2004%2020.pdf

Note: 1600+ Live Club Calls doesn't mean 1600 Clubs. Some Clubs hold two
call signs, a legacy of the old Class System of the last century which made
clubs hold separate Class A and Class B licences.

Additionally in the past some amateurs set up Dummy Clubs which appeared
in-practice to have only one active member and the aim seemed to be just
the holding of a prized call sign.

Strangely many Club Calls appear in both the Live and Terminated lists.
Checking the Ofcom database for March 26, 2020 seems to show such call
signs are in fact very definitely Live. It is not known what "Terminated"
refers to.

Database of all Allocated call signs as at March 26, 2020
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/
__data/assets/excel_doc/0025/194533/amateur-radio-allocated-call-signs.xlsx

Surprisingly Ofcom say they do not hold records of any licences which were
Cancelled before April 1, 2014, see
https://www.whatdo
theyknow.com/request/658526/response/1565919/attach/10/00896085
%20Club%20amateur
%20radio%20call%20signs.pdf

You can submit a Freedom of Information request to Ofcom via the What Do
They Know Site
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/new/ofcom
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