I have been told that other G9 calls have been used by inspectors= working=20 for the UK licensing authority (GPO/RA/Ofcom depending on the date).

Some years ago, a G8 compiled a list of G7xx and G9xxx calls but I= forgot=20 to ask him for a copy.

G9BF was the fictitious callsign used by a regular contributor to= Short=20 Wave Magazine who satirised poor operating practices. G9BOF might= =20 perhaps be of similar origin (BOF =3D Birds of a Feather, people who sha= re a=20 common interest).

The word Boffin reminds me of the term =93Grimble=94, which was use= d in=20 student radio when I was involving such things. It had a slightly broade= r=20 meaning, because the head of news (for examples) would be known at some= =20 stations as the chief News Grimble. I do not know the origin of the word= but=20 it may have been related to a Doctor MJ Grimble of Manchester University= .=20 I believe he was a specialist in power engineering.

John F5VLF

On 13 Mar 2011, at 01:51CET, Markus Vester wrote:

perhaps related to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boffin ??

73, Markus

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Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 12:46 AM

To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org=20

Subject: Re: LF: VLF traces

A can of worms.
Some would say G9*** is a=20 research and development licence and no G9's are Amateur calls.
= "G9=20 Plus two or three letters have been issued to research=20 organisations"
However
"I used a G9 plus tw= o=20 callsign for research activities"
"About 5 years ago,= I=20 obtained GW9T for Wrexham ARS."
Quotes are from MW1LCR
<= BR>So=20 there is a bit of background on G9 calls. What I think Andy was doing= was=20 telling the story without using a normal Amateur callsign which may ha= ve=20 been issued ie not an actual person, for the illustration.

Or= does=20 Andy use G9BOF at work, I don't=20 know.

Eddie

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