So let's be honest. If someone dies, it doesn't automatically mean that the house they lived in is dead too. Of course, the house continues to exist even after someone dies as long as it didn't collapsed.
The same applies to a club that continues to exist as an unregistered club because someone makes themselves available for this task to continue it. Fairy tales are now being told in the United Kingdom that the original Charly Tango Club from Germany has long since died. So you guys legitimize yourself on the Island and continue the legacy of the once great German club by founding an internet forum, even though you know that the German club is not dead at all but actually still exists.
King Henry the 8th would certainly have said that no matter what the Germans do, original clubs in Britain will be beheaded, just as the Kingdom wants.
Now the times of this King and his seven wives are over as well as is the Second World War, in which the boys from the island actively helped, so that the German people are again able to say in free self-determination whether their club is dead or not. And this is a fact, the Charly Tango International DX Club is NOT dead, but has existed since it was founded in 1985.
I myself have already tried to make a "peace offer" to my "friends" in the U.K. in order to get the problem with the duplicate callsigns under control.
The answer was that there had been no acrimony at all and the German admin's language barrier was far too big an obstacle, because the world language is English. So I was immediately threatened with removing my profile picture off their forum because it contained a callsign which also shows a different name in their list (obviously someone from Bavaria who applied for his call sign in the U.K. but with the Original DX group from Germany) and that would violate the forum rules. Shortly afterwards, one of the admins removed my profile picture, showing how much the Charlie Tango Fake Club is dealing with the truth.
And the threat to ban me from the forum is not the first time that admins of the UK fake group have implemented this to one of their forum members. There are references to this on YouTube while Fred in the Shed says I have to ask in the forum.
26CT1008 probably made up the same experience with those guys. If he would apply for a call at the real Charly Tango's we wouldn't kick him out at all.
The fake can already be recognized by its name.
While Charly Tango is spelled with Y, the fake group uses the letters IE, like Charlie Tango. However, you can't tell from the call signs. They are all like my own (13CT30) starting by countries division code, followed by CT and the membership number.
The Original Charly Tango International DX Group is still insisting on a peace settlement regarding double issued call signs. But as long as the U.K. group refuses to cooperate with the Original Charly Tango DX-Group, we will continue to spread the truth about this British based fake group which is recognized starting its CT group in the U.K. in the year 2009 by calling themselfs "Originals" which is nothing but a lie !
All efforts to continue the Charly Tango's idea in the 26 division now reveal themselves as a miserably failed attempt to convince its members that the original club died with the passing of our esteemed founder Eberhard Albrecht (previous call 13CT01) in the year 2000.
However, this is not intended to be hate speech against our British friends, because after all, everyone makes mistakes. We also have some members from the U.K. listed at DX-CharlyTango.de as well as from Scotland, Wales, and the rest of the world. The big difference in the call sign list of that fake group is that there is no status of active or inactive members in their forum. What's more, so-called SWL's are added there as members, which gives the appearance of many members who probably doesn't even exist as DX-radio-operators.
So the big question will be how to handle 2 possible equal call signs in a QSO with such a foreign countries station by not to state that one turned out to be the result of a stolen idea ?
Well, it looks like the cart is stuck in the dirt, doesn't it ?
The Original Charly Tango International DX Group will continously spread the truth while keeping the legacy of the old Borderland idea alive in the spirit of every DX enthusiast nowadays. No one ever has the right to remove a person's grave or even attempting to write a new name on the headstone unless the legacy of its owner is respected. For example, if someone tries to reissue Coca Cola by claiming that the original is long dead, then it will certainly be a short attempt that will bring nothing but trouble.
To all radio operators out there who are willing to join Charly Tango DX-Group in order to get a lifetime call sign; You are very welcome to apply via email at dx-charlytango@gmx.de or just use the contact form in this link. Also current members of the British fake group can be easily change over to the Original call sign list with the German Charly Tango Club. CT call signs from the fake group are not protected in international radio operations and can only be assigned by the Original DX group from Germany !
By searching for Charly Tango in the internet it will be always a good idea to search for DX-Charlytango unless you are looking for something wrong which I've had mentioned above, been written with IE and turned out to be fake. Its proper relation to search engines will let many interested Charly Tango applicants fall into a trap.
By the way, the Original Charly Tango International DX-Group is completely free of charge. They also don't work in cooperation with CB-Shops but only to keep the heritage of this good know DX-Group running on the air waves. In case of the truth there won't be a reason for the original DX-Group to keep silent at all. Free speach is adviced to all Charly Tango members while the fake group can't do anything about it if not finding a conclusion to be insightful.
Because insight is the first path to improvement.
Yours Alex (13CT30)
