<div dir="auto"><h1 style="font-size:24px;margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:1.3em;color:rgb(64,69,77);font-family:&#39;Open Sans&#39;,sans-serif">UK Telecoms Regulator Ends Policy of Granting Two-Letter Call Sign Suffixes</h1><div style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(198,198,198);line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:16px;overflow:hidden;padding-bottom:7px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(234,234,234);font-family:&#39;Open Sans&#39;,sans-serif" dir="auto"><span style="margin-right:10px;float:left">Posted date: February 28, 2020</span><span style="margin-right:10px;float:left">in: <a href="https://qrznow.com/category/news/" title="View all posts in News" style="color:rgb(198,198,198);outline:none 0px;text-decoration:none;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">News</a></span><span style="margin-right:10px;float:left"></span></div><div style="font-family:&#39;Open Sans&#39;,sans-serif;font-size:14px;height:auto!important" dir="auto"><div style="line-height:1"><div style="display:flex"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fqrznow.com%2Fuk-telecoms-regulator-ends-policy-of-granting-two-letter-call-sign-suffixes%2F" rel="nofollow noreferrer" style="background:rgb(45,95,154);color:rgb(240,146,23);font-size:15px;border-radius:0px;display:inline-block;width:41px;text-align:center!important;min-width:0px;margin-right:3px;margin-bottom:3px;outline:none 0px;text-decoration:none;padding:6px;float:left;border:0px" target="_blank"><span style="display:initial;color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:0px;margin:0px;line-height:0px;display:block">Share on Facebook</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=UK%20Telecoms%20Regulator%20Ends%20Policy%20of%20Granting%20Two-Letter%20Call%20Sign%20Suffixes&amp;url=https://qrznow.com/?p=50459&amp;via=qrznow" rel="nofollow noreferrer" style="background:rgb(0,195,243);color:rgb(240,146,23);font-size:15px;border-radius:0px;display:inline-block;width:41px;text-align:center!important;min-width:0px;margin-right:3px;margin-bottom:3px;outline:none 0px;text-decoration:none;padding:6px;float:left;border:0px" target="_blank"><span style="display:initial;color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:0px;margin:0px;line-height:0px;display:block">Tweet it</span></a></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div><div style="height:auto!important"><p style="margin-bottom:20px;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-size:14pt">UK telecommunications regulator Ofcom has said it no longer will issue two-letter suffix call signs to Full Licence holders. Since mid-2018, radio amateurs attaining the highest-class license have been able to apply for “short”call signs such as M5xx. The policy has provided a major incentive to upgrade. Ofcom said call signs with only two letters in the suffix are only available to applicants who previously held them. The change in policy affects the granting of old amateur radio call signs issued prior to World War II, but it does not affect call signs Ofcom has already issued.<i> — Thanks to </i>Southgate Amateur Radio News</span></p><div style="clear:both"><span style="font-size:14pt">Fonte:ARRL</span></div></div></div></div>