I've heard "ORE" for ORegon, too. Not sure why. I guess too many letters are
better than not enough, like SD for SDG. After all, It's just 1 dit.
On 11/8/06, N6KI Dennis Vernacchia <n6ki_73@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Any contestor, worth working, in San Diego, knows to send SDG
>
> Unless some real newbies showed up, I doubt anyone in San Diego
> would be so stupid as to send SD
>
> 73, Dennis N6KI
> Sandy Eggo
>
> RICHARD BOYD wrote:
> > I had a number of "sixes" send their section as SD. I automatically
> converted that to SDG until I realized that one of the sixes I was working
> probably was, I recalled, in South Dakota, so I logged it as SD, which is
> what he sent. Now I wonder about those couple before that that had send SD
> -- were they in South Dakota or in San Diego. Oh well. If I lose a couple
> QSOs that won't kill me. In hindsight, I realize whenever I hear SD sent
> and it's not a zero, and particularly if it's a six, I have to ask for
> clarification, "SDG?"
> >
> > 73 - Rich, KE3Q
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