Barry,
As you noted, call areas in several countries count as mults for EU
stations in WAE contests. Here is what the Rules say,
"For European stations every non-European DXCC entity counts as a
multiplier.
Exception: In the following countries up to ten numerical call areas count
as multipliers:
W, VE, VK, ZL, ZS, JA, PY and RA8/RA9 and RAØ – without respect to their
geographical location."
I assume, it is the last six words that prompted your query.
Here is central AZ, probably a worse locale for EU qso's than CO, I've
always opted to use one of the 7th area callsigns I have available N7AT,
N7AP, others). Made much more sense than K8IA/7. Even worse in your case
W2UP/0. Ugh.
If you can, borrow a 0 callsign from friend or club.
GL in WAE.
73, Bob K8IA
Arizona Outlaws Contest Club
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In a message dated 8/8/2016 6:27:30 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
w2up@comcast.net writes:
I plan on playing around in WAE next weekend - nothing serious as
working Europe from Colorado is too depressing.
In the contest, each US call area is a mult. My question is: Should I
sign W2UP or W2UP/0?
Pros: 0's are less common than 2's as heard in Europe, so maybe some
stations will seek me out.
It will explain my weak signal.
Cons: It's a longer callsign.
It will mess up my LOTW and clublog submission, as there
will be a mismatch if I submit under W2UP (correct?)
Barry W2UP(/0)
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