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Re: [CQ-Contest] QRZ Button

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] QRZ Button
From: <john@kk9a.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2023 17:16:45 -0400
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Assuming that the data being looked up is the station's state, the QRZ FCC
callsign database is not 100% correct. Contesters borrow callsigns, guest op
or use stations that are not at their FCC mailing address. In fact in the US
and territories, the FCC address may show a completely different DXCC
country than where the station is. The only accurate information is what is
sent during the QSO. It should be pretty easy to ask for a repeat if the
info was not copied.

John KK9A


Richard NN3W wrote:

I would coach it in these terms:  Check Partial, Super Check Partial, and
Call History provide you a "guess" as to what the correct data is.  Its not
a definitive answer and SCP can and sometimes is wrong.  But a callsign
database is an outside source that is the definitive database on what is
(or should be) correct.

73 Rich NN3W

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