-=> Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 05-09-19 12:48 <=-
NB>> I'd guess that as operators either change their signs (by choice or
NB>> move) or die off, those original signs would become available to
NB>> others...
DS> Originally, there wasn't such a thing as vanity callsigns. Some
DS> tried to get the FCC to make licenses valid for life instead of just 10
DS> years. But, if it was lifetime, if the FCC never got notified that the
DS> individual had died, that callsign would be tied up forever. The FCC
DS> declined to make US Ham Radio Licenses "lifetime", but some countries
DS> do have such a designation.
I can see where that could be a valid concern... I'd think, though, that
the FCC would have some way of checking that out, after a certain length
of time had passed.... Or even just a periodic mailing to have people
respond to, rather than make people have to formally renew the callsign.
NB>> Yup... I learned the beauty of offline messaging back in the dial-up
NB>> days with HUGE echo volumes... It's still very handy for when things
NB>> get too in Real Life busy, and one has to put aside packets for a few
NB>> days... as I end up doing... 
DS> Same here...especially with all the thunderstorms we've had lately.
And I'm working through packets today....
DS> ■ OLX 1.53 ■ Is a book on voyeurism a peeping tome?
Groan....
ttyl neb
... As easy as 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939
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