I never really thought much about giving the state/section abbreviation
phonetically. In pronunciation, Michigan does not seem to need phonetics,
when you're running people or signals are loud. However, I noticed when I
was at W3LPL for ARRL SSB in March that many of the ops would say
"Maryland, Mike Delta". Perhaps it's a good time investment to make 100%,
to avoid having the other station have to ask for a fill.
Funny, but I don't seem to have a problem with logging Sacramento Valley as
SV. Perhaps its because I've been out there or whatever, but when the
other guy gives "Sacramento Valley" I seem to "see" the "S" & "V".
However, I'm not claiming to be perfect - if I did that I'm sure N6TR could
turn up some report showing how many times I blew it :-)
I can't speak for CT or TRLog, but I make every effort to have the
multiplier files distributed with NA use the "official" or published
abbreviations. Why is Quebec now QC? Makes no sense to me, but I go along
with it.
I agree with ZL1ANJ, that standard US postal service abbreviations come
first. LA = Lousiana and SD = South Dakota. Some responsibility HAS to be
placed at the receiving end for the operator to understand what is an ARRL
section and how to log it. No sympathy for a busted QSO.
BTW, K9TM and I are working on checking the ARRL 10 logs and its truly
amazing what people will use for a state abbreviation. One log has KL7 as
ALASK. I don't have a problem if people want to use whatever abbreviation
they want, but what goes into the ARRL-format log file should be standard.
This should be easy for the logging programs to do.
73,
Dave/K8CC
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