Hi Pete,
That's a great question you ask. Maybe the best way for me to answer it
is to say the following....
I currently hold a bunch of US records in the ARRLDX, CQWW, CQWPX, and
IARU contests, all of which I set while operating from and living
permanently in CT. I have always used KQ2M, yet on some records I am
listed as KQ2M/1 and on others KQ2M. In fact, in the WPX contests,
through 2016 I am listed as KQ2M/1 and starting in 2017 I am listed as
KQ2M even though I have only ever used KQ2M.
73
Bob, KQ2M
On 2021-06-01 15:17, N4ZR wrote:
The rule says, "The portable prefix must be an authorized prefix of
the country/call area of operation." It goes on, "KH6XXX operating
from Ohio must use an authorized prefix for the U.S. 8th district
(/W8, /AD8, etc.)".
Does this mean that my use of the callsign WR8AA from the third call
area without a /3 suffix will be disqualified? There were certainly
few to no US stations in WPX signing "/#"to denote their actual call
area. In fact, I logged exactly one in over 1100 QSOs.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 6/1/2021 12:21 PM, Mike Ricketts wrote:
" The WPX rules require one to have a callsign matching his DXCC
country.
Otherwise scoring issues - 1 point vs 3 points - arise. Since AH2 is
not
in the USA, he had to send something. I don't think his "/**#" needed
to
match his USA call area, however."
The rules do indicate that those operating in another DXCC entity,
must use
a call from that call area. The specific example they use is KH6XXX
operating in Ohio, would need to use something from the 8th call area.
So
the # portion does matter.
73,
Mike ND9G
On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 10:57 AM Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
wrote:
I really liked that “NO-DX” callsign.(NO8DX) I laughed every time we
worked. I didn’t know it was you, but big signal from you.
Obviously not in the Florida Condo, Jim, hi!
VE9AA
Mike, Coreen & Corey
Keswick Ridge, NB
From: jimk8mr@aol.com [mailto:jimk8mr@aol.com]
Sent: June 1, 2021 10:02 AM
To: ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca; cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Funny/strange things heard in 'WPX
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Mon, May 31, 2021 4:55 pm
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Funny/strange things heard in 'WPX
One station..a SV1something insisted his call was SV1something/QRP
and
every
time I went back to just the base callsign (let's call him SV1XXX but
I
just
made that up) he would not give me a serial #.....This happened 3 or
4
times
until I said something like "NO, just SV1XXX" and then sent him the
report
again. Over and over he sent /QRP, /QRP, then SV1XXX/QRP. He came
back a
few times every 5 minutes, until he just didn't. Was I being a jerk?
Yeah,
maybe, but I will never, ever perpetuate the sending of CALLSIGN/QRP
in a
contest. "/QRP" is not your call and I won't help keep that trend
going.
During the week, sure. During a contest, no. My loss? Maybe.
I worked the same guy, and had just as much trouble getting his call
out
from around the "/QRP"
I worked one guy.I forget his exact call.but something like
AH2M/WN6..wouldn't it have just been easier to send "AH2M"? Doesn't
AH2M/WN6 translate to simply a AH6 for a prefix? (Hardly seems worth
it)
The WPX rules require one to have a callsign matching his DXCC
country.
Otherwise scoring issues - 1 point vs 3 points - arise. Since AH2 is
not
in the USA, he had to send something. I don't think his "/**#"
needed to
match his USA call area, however.
Thanks for all the QSOs with me, hiding out in the Witness Protection
program as NO8DX. (Does the "WP" in "WPX" stand for "Witness
Protection"? )
73 - Jim K8MR
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