Sergio Cartoceti, IK4AUY informs DxCoffee readers:

Cornwall to have optional Temporary RSL ‘K' for Kernow for 2016
By members of Poldhu Amateur Radio Club

Radio Amateurs with a Main Station Address in Cornwall may apply by the ‘Notice of Variation' procedure to use the Regional Secondary Locator ‘K' during 2016.Â* This would be added to their callsigns, except for Intermediate Licencees, where it would replace the ‘E'.Â* As examples:Â* G3ABC would become GK3ABC.Â*Â* 2E0ABC would become 2K0ABC.Â*Â* This is purely optional, and a Licensee who applies for the NoV does not have to use the ‘K' all the time.Â*Â* The RSGB have advised that QSLs should be routed via the main call, i.e. QSLs for GK3ABC should be sent as if for G3ABC.

The prefixes GK, MK, and 2K during 2016 will indicate a station operating from Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

The NoV facility will be available from early December, 2015, but the Variation will state that it is valid from 1st January, 2016.Â* NoV applications may be made at any time until the end of 2016, but will all expire on 31st December, 2016.

It is expected that this will stimulate on the air activity from Cornwall.Â*Â* There will be a special activity day on St. Piran';s Day, the Patron Saint of Cornwall, on Saturday, 5th March 2016.Â*Â* Please check the website, http://gb2gm.org/, of the Poldhu Amateur Radio Club for up to date information.

OfCom have declined to extend this RSL ‘K' NoV facility to Amateurs visiting Cornwall who might have wished to operate e.g. as /A, or as /P, during their visit.Â*

The facility made available by OfCom follows the 2014 announcement by the UK government formally recognising the distinct identity of the Cornish people.Â*Â* The Cornish people are to have the same status under the Framework Convention as those of Britain';s other Celtic people, the Scottish, the Welsh and Irish as a result of the National Minority Status designation.Â*Â* During 2016 Radio Amateurs in Cornwall will be able to celebrate this designation by using the ‘K' on the air with pride. We are using ‘K' as the Celtic name for Cornwall is Kernow.

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