When first coming to this site I joined under the name ZL2VTH which was the original call sign allocated to me back in 1996. Having moved to another location within the country I applied for a different call sign to better reflect my locale. I was allocated ZL3CC. It wasn’t until after receiving it that I came aware of the previous owner, Andrew White and his significance in the ZL community and his early work in establishing and promoting SOTA into ZL. Sadly, Andrew is a SK and out of respect to Andrew I held back using his former call sign.
Recently, having met and talked to other ZL’s who knew and worked with Andrew I have been encouraged by them to start using the call sign. Many who knew him have expressed the sentiment that Andrew would have wanted his old call sign being used, especially in SOTA, rather than languishing on some government database.
So I have spoken with MT and they have done the necessary in their database so that I am now known here as ZL3CC. This Sunday when I attempt another activation I will start using ZL3CC on the air and that shall be my call sign going forward.
Cheers
Phil ZL3CC
