Living/operating from the District of Columbia has its own somewhat
unique liabilities.
You'd be surprised at how many do not know that DC is a legitimate QTH
(although not an actual state) and mult in the contest they're
participating in! No, Washington, DC is *not* the state of Washington.
As a result, I often have to resort to "DC... DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA" or
"WASHINGTON DC "
Fortunately, the regularly active stations (KE3X, NN3RP, N8HM, 4U1WB and
myself) are known to many.
My call (W3DQ), DELTA QUEEN is often mangled. More often than not --
especially in domestic contests. I'm not comfortable with DAIRY QUEEN
(although lots of folks come back to me with those phonetics), so I'll
resort to variations using DENMARK and/or QUEBEC.
Yet another challenge!
73,
Eric W3DQ
Washington, DC
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Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 14:38:09 +0100
From: <info@bokverket.com>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Possible lack of knowledge of the states of the union,
and sloppiness in listening
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Possible lack of knowledge of the states of the union. Just one conclusion -
CW rules :-)
Sloppiness in copying (VE9AA's QSL manager in Ontario). Serves them right :-)
Same in the CQWW when people log the default zone of someone who has moved.
73 from Sweden,
Goran, SM0DRD
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