In the early days of the Minnesota QSO Party, we tried to get by with two
letter county abbreviations. So the mobiles were signing things like /SV ,
/RA, /OT , etc. We had guys tell us we were illegal because we were signing
prefixes of other countries. They may have had a point but it seemed like
kind of a stretch.
Now I think all QSO parties use 3 (or more) letter counties. I wouldn't
think of being a rover without signing the county after my call.
By the way, a funny thing happened in those "2 character county" days in
MNQP. Abbreviation for Becker County was BK. Mobiles would send something
like "Mike BK" and almost everyone ask for a repeat on the county. Sort of
like a "Who's on first" routine.
73,
AL, K0AD
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