<div dir="ltr"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-story" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:781.6px;font-size:16px;height:auto;float:left"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt">Ofcom release ham radio Club Call sign list</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box">Following a Freedom of Information (FoI) request Ofcom released a list of amateur radio Club call signs in the UK and Crown Dependencies<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">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 &quot;Details Withheld&quot; in Callbooks or under the Individual holders name and give no indication it is a Club call.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Ofcom&#39;s list, released on April 30, 2020, shows there are currently over 1600 Valid Club call signs, it can be seen at<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://whatdotheyknow.com/request/658526/response/1565919/attach/9/Copy%20of%20Club%20Call%20Signs%2023%2004%2020.pdf" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://whatdotheyknow.com/request/658526/response/1565919/attach/9/Copy%20of%20Club<br style="box-sizing:border-box">%20Call%20Signs%2023<br style="box-sizing:border-box">%2004%2020.pdf</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Note: 1600+ Live Club Calls doesn&#39;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.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">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.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">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 &quot;Terminated&quot; refers to.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Database of all Allocated call signs as at March 26, 2020<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0025/194533/amateur-radio-allocated-call-signs.xlsx" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.ofcom.org.uk/<br style="box-sizing:border-box">__data/assets/excel_doc/0025/194533/amateur-radio-allocated-call-signs.xlsx</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Surprisingly Ofcom say they do not hold records of any licences which were Cancelled before April 1, 2014, see<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/658526/response/1565919/attach/10/00896085%20Club%20amateur%20radio%20call%20signs.pdf" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.whatdo<br style="box-sizing:border-box">theyknow.com/request/658526/response/1565919/attach/10/00896085<br style="box-sizing:border-box">%20Club%20amateur<br style="box-sizing:border-box">%20radio%20call%20signs.pdf</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">You can submit a Freedom of Information request to Ofcom via the What Do They Know Site<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/new/ofcom" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/new/ofcom</a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>