You can add K5KG/OH0/OJ0. That was me in Aug 1982 on Market Reef. 8k CW QSOs
without a memory keyer!
73, George K5KG
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> 2. Re: CQ-Contest Digest, Vol 221, Issue 26 (GIWagner@k5kg.com)
> 3. Re: [yccc] Unusual prefixes, suffixes and calls (Ray Conrad NM2O)
> 4. Re: What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest? (Mike Smith VE9AA)
> 5. Re: What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest? (Michael Ritz)
> 6. Re: What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest? (wigi@kl0r.com)
> 7. Funny/strange things heard in 'WPX (Mike Smith VE9AA)
> 8. Re: What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest? (Peter Chamalian)
> 9. Re: Funny/strange things heard in 'WPX (jimk8mr@aol.com)
> 10. Re: Funny/strange things heard in 'WPX (Mike Smith VE9AA)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 15:57:14 +0000 (UTC)
> From: ktfrog007@aol.com
> To: "yccc@groups.io" <yccc@groups.io>, "cq-contest@contesting.com"
> <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Unusual prefixes, suffixes and calls
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> Before the WPX we were having fun with unusual prefixes and calls.? Here is a
> random selection of unusual calls.? I've worked or heard all of them except
> JY1 and TYA11.
>
> Unusual prefixes not ITU issued or approved (see:?
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-ITU_prefix? ?for many others)
> T00RM? ? ?Seborga, Italy
> T10VB? ? ? Transnistria, a breakaway region of Moldova
> X5BYZ? ? ? Republic of Srpska (temporary in E7)?
> D0-D1? ? ? ?Donetsk People's Republic (breakaway region of Ukraine)
> Z6? ? ? ?? ? ? Not an official ITU prefix as far as I know
> Any call starting with the digit 1 (e.g., 1A0KM)
>
> Calls with no suffix:
> JY1? ? ? ? ? ?King Hussein of Jordan (SK)
> EF6? ? ? ? ? for King Felipe VI of Spain's coronation: Espana, Felipe, VI
>
> Calls with digits in suffixes:
> 9AY2K
> PP9AO7?? ? I'd say PP9 is the prefix, but LoTW says the whole call is the
> prefix.
> LM9L40Y? ? I'm glad this was on RTTY
> NAV3? ? ? ? ? ?Armed Forces Day station
> SLKFD1? ? ? ?Pirate from USA on FT8 - I'm not making this up
>
> TYA11? ? ? ? ? A non-amateur call issued by mistake in Benin
>
> UPOL12? ? ? USSR North Polar expedition, probably not an amateur call
>
> VC3C2C? ? ? Canada from Sea 2 Sea
>
>
> Calls with no digits (most are Armed Forces Day operations):
> AIR,?NPG, NSS,?WAR and other Armed Forces stations
> RAEM? ? ?Ernst Krenkel, Hero of the Soviet Union (SK)
>
> Long or difficult calls:
> OM2015TITANIC
> ON50WAASLAND
> 4T100MP? ? Not long but some ops sent cut numbers on CW: 4TATTMP - try to
> figure that out!
>
>
> I know there are many, many others.? Someone might want to catalog them for
> fun, even if not for profit.
>
> 73,
> Ken, AB1J
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 12:30:57 -0400
> From: "GIWagner@k5kg.com" <giwagner@k5kg.com>
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ-Contest Digest, Vol 221, Issue 26
> Message-ID: <EF6CE747-4710-422C-8131-25CC7871C007@k5kg.com>
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> I met OH2BAD at the OH0W station back in the 80?s. I commented about his
> call. He told me that when he got his call years before he did not speak
> English. After learning English, he then realized the significance of OH 2
> BAD!
>
> Geo K5KG
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> 1. Re: Laptops for mobile.... (Jim Brown)
>> 2. Re: Laptops for mobile.... (rjairam@gmail.com)
>> 3. Re: Quality for Laptop Audio/Mic (Michael Adams)
>> 4. Re: What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest? (k7lxc@aol.com)
>> 5. Re: Laptops for mobile.... (Michael Dinkelman)
>> 6. Re: What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest? (Don Butler)
>> 7. Re: What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest? (kq2m@kq2m.com)
>> 8. CQ WPX strategy (Mike Smith VE9AA)
>> 9. Re: What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest? (Bernie)
>>
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 30 May 2021 02:40:45 -0700
>> From: Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
>> To: "cq-contest@contesting.com" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Laptops for mobile....
>> Message-ID:
>> <cf33b13b-79e4-b2b4-0ba0-efbac03bb06e@audiosystemsgroup.com>
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>>
>>>> On 5/29/2021 5:13 PM, Keith Dutson wrote:
>>> Is there a way for me to measure the noise?
>>
>> No easy way to MEASURE it, but there are several suggested methods in
>> the app note on my website about Building Contest Scores by killing
>> noise. One of "go-to" noise probes is a vintage Kenwood TH-F6A talkie,
>> which has widband RX, from either a built-in loopstick or the coax
>> conector (defaults to the loop below 10 MHz, the coax above, but can
>> switched in software). The RX is a block of wood, but it works well
>> close up to noise sources. My starting point is just above the AM BC
>> band, in AM mode, and I probe around the suspect. If it hears noise, our
>> antennas probably will too. Several other radios are listed, as well as
>> SDRs that can function as a poor man's spectrum analyzer.
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sun, 30 May 2021 08:35:41 -0400
>> From: "rjairam@gmail.com" <rjairam@gmail.com>
>> To: Michael Dinkelman <mwdink@gmail.com>
>> Cc: CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest@contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Laptops for mobile....
>> Message-ID:
>> <CAMCyBs5PTmrN7GnMo7XG_j4R+--Zq0irJqF1i+1Ypo4gCk80-Q@mail.gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>>
>> I used my 2018 MacBook Pro in the K2EZ VHF rover for June VHF in 2018.
>> I have a 45 watt USB-C PD adapter. that connects to 12V DC.
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/Gearmo-Type-C-Output-Charger-Laptops/dp/B072P6J47F/
>>
>> We didn't have RFI issues once I put a ferrite bead (3 turns) on the
>> USB-C PD input to the laptop. There was a slight "hash" on 6m and HF
>> without it.
>>
>> So it is possible. I haven't tried PC laptops yet, mostly because I
>> don't have any, except my work laptop which can't be used for radio
>> contesting.
>>
>> PD makes things a lot easier to run laptops off a car's 12V supply but
>> I always had a car adapter for all of my laptops, as I just like to be
>> prepared.
>>
>> I don't like inverters as they add bulk and also inefficiency. I do
>> use inverters for other things but not my computers.
>>
>> 73
>> Ria, N2RJ
>>
>>>> On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 1:24 PM Michael Dinkelman <mwdink@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> This is about contesting... mobile contesting
>>>
>>> The laptop I use for mobile is nearing its end after about 10 years
>>> of general use and mobile. Now just mobile as I didn't care about
>>> OS (it's WIN8) as long as it ran N1MM+. But it has become
>>> unreliable even after full factory resets.
>>>
>>> My main laptop, a high powered workstation is great, but not so good for
>>> mobile. It doesn't have a mobile supply for vehicle use and while I have
>>> tried
>>> quiet inverters, the real noise from battery charging seems to be
>>> internal to
>>> the laptop.
>>>
>>> It would be good to find a reliable laptop that can run off vehicle
>>> power (even with a dedicated
>>> accessory supply). It doesn't need to be a workhorse and cheaper would
>>> be great. It just
>>> needs to run N1MM+ and not generate RF on it's own. Unfortunately,
>>> cheaper may mean less
>>> RF suppression and susceptibility. I'd appreciate comments from folks
>>> who actually run laptops mobile.
>>> (I can look at specs all day on the web but that doesn't tell you much
>>> until you turn it on in
>>> a vehicle.)
>>>
>>> cheers
>>> dink, n7wa
>>>
>>>
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Sun, 30 May 2021 15:07:23 +0000
>> From: Michael Adams <mda@n1en.org>
>> To: "cq-contest@contesting.com" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Quality for Laptop Audio/Mic
>> Message-ID:
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>> I'm using these with my K3's (not K3S):
>> https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N905VOY
>>
>> They are not perfect, but they're good enough for my needs, given that I
>> prefer to have the radios on separate sound devices than default Windows
>> audio.
>>
>> --
>> Michael Adams | mda@n1en.org
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+mda=n1en.org@contesting.com> On Behalf
>> Of JimKC4HW
>> Sent: Saturday, 29 May, 2021 10.03
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Quality for Laptop Audio/Mic
>>
>> Does anyone have a recommendation for the Audio/Mic Spliter for a single
>> plug laptop?
>>
>> Or what do you recommend for an external sound divice for digital modes?
>>
>> Jim/KC4HW
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Sun, 30 May 2021 16:08:42 +0000 (UTC)
>> From: <k7lxc@aol.com>
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>> Message-ID: <1261142905.794950.1622390922274@mail.yahoo.com>
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>>
>> ? ? I always thought OH2BAD was a good one. Turns out he was a Lutheran
>> pastor in the Church in the Rock in Helsinki.
>>
>> ? ? And who can forget Waxahatchee Nicaragua 4 Knickerbocker Knickerbocker
>> Nicaragua. Just glad he wasn't portable somewhere - hi.??Cheers,Steve? ?
>> K7LXC
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Sun, 30 May 2021 19:46:49 -0700
>> From: Michael Dinkelman <mwdink@gmail.com>
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Laptops for mobile....
>> Message-ID: <4b8e5deb-db0f-5c97-422c-41773f1e31f2@gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>>
>>
>> Thanks to all for your inputs!
>>
>> cheers
>> dink, n7wa
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 6
>> Date: Sun, 30 May 2021 17:55:13 -0600
>> From: "Don Butler" <n5lz@comcast.net>
>> To: "'Randy Thompson'" <k5zd@outlook.com>, <cq-contest@contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>> Message-ID: <000001d755af$3c3011e0$b49035a0$@comcast.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>
>> The call that I will never forget was 6E5EBE .... not even sure if it was it
>> was used in WPX or CQWW contest .... it goes back to the 1980s or early
>> 1990s .... those guys probably still hold the record for "most dits
>> transmitted during a single weekend"
>>
>> Don N5LZ
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces+n5lz=comcast.net@contesting.com]
>> On Behalf Of Randy Thompson
>> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2021 12:17 PM
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>>
>> Not sure about weird or unusual, but a QSO that has stuck in my mind from
>> many years ago was working A35NN in and ARRL DX CW contest. His exchange
>> was 5NN NN. I remember it took me a few QSOs listening to figure it all
>> out!
>>
>> Randy K5ZD
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+k5zd=outlook.com@contesting.com> On
>> Behalf Of AB1J via CQ-Contest
>> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2021 10:25 PM
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>>
>>
>> What's the most unusual or weird prefix you have ever worked?
>>
>> GL in the contest.
>>
>> 73,
>> Ken, AB1J
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Randy Thompson <k5zd@outlook.com>
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com <cq-contest@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Fri, May 28, 2021 2:13 am
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>>
>> One of the fun things about the WPX contest is the number of multipliers.?
>> Every new prefix worked helps build the score. Ray NM2O has looked at the
>> TI7W log from last year and made a list of the USA prefixes worked.
>>
>> See
>> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcqwpx.com%2
>> Fblog%2Fsome-wpx-statistics%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C31a1860c46dd429fb0d108d
>> 92181bbe1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637577663350606041%7C
>> Unknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLC
>> JXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=byZUTyFhQsv%2BxHrxAT4JMvhVU8%2BTiB1Z8Dw%2BZMJC
>> FZ4%3D&reserved=0 for details.
>>
>> Want to be rare this weekend?? Find a prefix that is not usually active and
>> put it on the air!
>>
>>
>> Randy K5ZD
>>
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>> Message: 7
>> Date: Sun, 30 May 2021 20:07:54 -0500
>> From: kq2m@kq2m.com
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Cc: aa6dx7388@gmail.com, kfrog007@aol.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>> Message-ID: <4a08711969644c4ad9a48909287e2f11@kq2m.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>>
>> In the 1977 ARRLDXCW contest, I remember working C3PO and R2D2. :-)
>>
>> I also remember working RG8U in CQWWSSB around that time, and, not long
>> after that, RG8X.
>>
>> Commonly worked were F0OL, Z1LCH, PH0OEY
>>
>> Actual calls were OH2BAD, and a few callsigns ending in ASS, one of
>> which was worked by many stations in a DX contest.
>>
>> Best CW calls, if sent ~ 50 WPM, were 5E5E and EE5E. There may also
>> have been a 5H5SH but I'm not sure. :-)
>>
>> One of the stranger SSB calls from decades ago had to be TG0FRACAP.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Bob KQ2M
>>
>>
>>> On Thu, May 27, 2021, 10:38 PM AB1J via CQ-Contest
>>> <cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> What's the most unusual or weird prefix you have ever worked?
>>>
>>> GL in the contest.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Ken, AB1J
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 8
>> Date: Sun, 30 May 2021 23:04:07 -0300
>> From: "Mike Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
>> To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQ WPX strategy
>> Message-ID: <008d01d755c1$3e14f950$ba3eebf0$@nbnet.nb.ca>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>
>> I messed up my 3830 submission?deleted ? of it by accident, so nobody saw
>> the comment I was going to make about strategies in this contest.
>>
>>
>>
>> If you go assisted and have a small to medium station, I think you can
>> really make some wicked good score by just clicking on the mouse and don?t
>> get held up on any one station?.they are all pretty much worth the same pts
>> in terms of multipliers. The exception would be an off continent low band
>> mult?worth a little more, but not much.
>>
>>
>>
>> If you are a medium to larger station,(and are NOT assisted) then my advice
>> harkens back to a book most of us (in NA) read when we were very small (5-6
>> yrs old). The book series was ?Dick and Jane?. My favorite line from them
>> was ?Run Spot Run, see Spot run !? (or words to that effect).
>>
>>
>>
>> I am on the lower end of what I?d like to think is a medium sized station.
>> (just lotsa wires)
>>
>>
>>
>> Even though I went ?Classic? this time, I found I could make a pretty good
>> score by running as much as possible?.then, when things dried up, I swept
>> the band by spinning the big knob (looking for mults or easy Q?s) and then
>> changed bands most times.
>>
>>
>>
>> Run, spot, Run. See spot run.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike VE9AA
>>
>> p.s.-leading zeros and cut #?s should be strongly discouraged in serial #
>> contests.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike, Coreen & Corey
>>
>> Keswick Ridge, NB
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 9
>> Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 05:14:16 -0400
>> From: Bernie <bernie@dailydx.com>
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>> Message-ID: <9E3FC381-E1DB-45DB-9B10-5C2E6846220E@dailydx.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>>
>> One I won?t forget (and I know it was a pirate) was EI5ISH sent around 40
>> WPM. I must admit I did not get it the first time it was sent.
>>
>> Bernie McClenny, W3UR
>>
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>>
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>>
>> On May 31, 2021, at 3:13 AM, Don Butler <n5lz@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> ?The call that I will never forget was 6E5EBE .... not even sure if it was it
>> was used in WPX or CQWW contest .... it goes back to the 1980s or early
>> 1990s .... those guys probably still hold the record for "most dits
>> transmitted during a single weekend"
>>
>> Don N5LZ
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces+n5lz=comcast.net@contesting.com]
>> On Behalf Of Randy Thompson
>> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2021 12:17 PM
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>>
>> Not sure about weird or unusual, but a QSO that has stuck in my mind from
>> many years ago was working A35NN in and ARRL DX CW contest. His exchange
>> was 5NN NN. I remember it took me a few QSOs listening to figure it all
>> out!
>>
>> Randy K5ZD
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+k5zd=outlook.com@contesting.com> On
>> Behalf Of AB1J via CQ-Contest
>> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2021 10:25 PM
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>>
>>
>> What's the most unusual or weird prefix you have ever worked?
>>
>> GL in the contest.
>>
>> 73,
>> Ken, AB1J
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Randy Thompson <k5zd@outlook.com>
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com <cq-contest@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Fri, May 28, 2021 2:13 am
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>>
>> One of the fun things about the WPX contest is the number of multipliers.
>> Every new prefix worked helps build the score. Ray NM2O has looked at the
>> TI7W log from last year and made a list of the USA prefixes worked.
>>
>> See
>> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcqwpx.com%2
>> Fblog%2Fsome-wpx-statistics%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C31a1860c46dd429fb0d108d
>> 92181bbe1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637577663350606041%7C
>> Unknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLC
>> JXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=byZUTyFhQsv%2BxHrxAT4JMvhVU8%2BTiB1Z8Dw%2BZMJC
>> FZ4%3D&reserved=0 for details.
>>
>> Want to be rare this weekend? Find a prefix that is not usually active and
>> put it on the air!
>>
>>
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>> I6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=3xpahj0Uulv7By2UcWq4JjQd3U38mBgAqW
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 16:36:56 +0000
> From: Ray Conrad NM2O <nm2o@outlook.com>
> To: "cq-contest@contesting.com" <cq-contest@contesting.com>,
> "yccc@groups.io" <yccc@groups.io>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] [yccc] Unusual prefixes, suffixes and calls
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> Living in PVRC land allowed for some interesting visitors to show up on the
> repeater.
>
> One day, JY1/W3 popped in. He was enroute from the State Department to the
> PVRC downtown luncheon. Just a normal chat with Hussein. He?d also fly his
> own plane for some of the visits. I suppose if you are the King, you can
> assign yourself a nice call.
>
> When Pres George W Bush was in, he could have gotten W as his call. ?CQ
> Contest this is W, just W.?
>
> I wonder if Sen Goldwater would have had a radio at the White House? He had a
> Big Bertha back in AZ. He sponsored W3USS in the Senate office building. K3ZJ
> operated there a lot. The antenna was a vertical on acres of copper roofing.
> That station has gone QRT now that the sponsor has departed.
>
> I recall working 5VZDB. Same thing, no digit. He was worked on a short middle
> of the night 20 Meter opening that?s there with higher sunspot numbers.
>
> On some of the nature shows, the field crews have HF antennae on their
> vehicles. The current Wildlife in Malawi has a vet who can dart animals from
> a moving helicopter **. They haven?t shown the helo. I?m trying to see if it
> has a 7Q call or one from a neighboring country.
>
> Many of the wildlife collars seem to be in the VHF region. The tracker has a
> 2 element beam. One collar installed has a GPS uplink, so they know where the
> animal is several times a day. It?s odd that the collar just sends a ping.
> Sending a Morse Code letter would allow them to know if it?s Mamma, Daddy or
> one of the kids.
>
> ** The vet said her father taught her how to shoot when she was a kid. I
> think she grew up on a ranch.
>
> The Malawi group does not have HF on their vehicles. I?m not sure how good
> cell coverage is.
>
> 73,
> Ray
>
> From: Mike Loukides<mailto:mikel@oreilly.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2021 12:07 PM
> To: ktfrog007@aol.com<mailto:ktfrog007@aol.com>
> Cc: yccc@groups.io<mailto:yccc@groups.io>;
> cq-contest@contesting.com<mailto:cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [yccc] Unusual prefixes, suffixes and calls
>
> I remember working 5VZGH (Togo) back in high school. (No second digit to
> separate prefix from suffix.) Pretty sure I still have the QSL.
>
> Mike W1JQ
>
> On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 11:57 AM Kermit Lehman via groups.io <ktfrog007=
> aol.com@groups.io> wrote:
>
>> Before the WPX we were having fun with unusual prefixes and calls. Here
>> is a random selection of unusual calls. I've worked or heard all of them
>> except JY1 and TYA11.
>>
>> Unusual prefixes not ITU issued or approved (see:
>> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FNon-ITU_prefix&data=04%7C01%7C%7C4490ac3f89f142c4fee808d9244e308b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637580740517873373%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=62O%2FlAQGCbYVCkzyzhQtUqEz161%2FXMyiSSA3xJ2lJ5M%3D&reserved=0
>> for many others)
>> T00RM Seborga, Italy
>> T10VB Transnistria, a breakaway region of Moldova
>> X5BYZ Republic of Srpska (temporary in E7)
>> D0-D1 Donetsk People's Republic (breakaway region of Ukraine)
>> Z6 Not an official ITU prefix as far as I know
>> Any call starting with the digit 1 (e.g., 1A0KM)
>>
>> Calls with no suffix:
>> JY1 King Hussein of Jordan (SK)
>> EF6 for King Felipe VI of Spain's coronation: Espana, Felipe, VI
>>
>> Calls with digits in suffixes:
>> 9AY2K
>> PP9AO7 I'd say PP9 is the prefix, but LoTW says the whole call is the
>> prefix.
>> LM9L40Y I'm glad this was on RTTY
>> NAV3 Armed Forces Day station
>> SLKFD1 Pirate from USA on FT8 - I'm not making this up
>>
>> TYA11 A non-amateur call issued by mistake in Benin
>>
>> UPOL12 USSR North Polar expedition, probably not an amateur call
>>
>> VC3C2C Canada from Sea 2 Sea
>>
>>
>> Calls with no digits (most are Armed Forces Day operations):
>> AIR, NPG, NSS, WAR and other Armed Forces stations
>> RAEM Ernst Krenkel, Hero of the Soviet Union (SK)
>>
>> Long or difficult calls:
>> OM2015TITANIC
>> ON50WAASLAND
>> 4T100MP Not long but some ops sent cut numbers on CW: 4TATTMP - try to
>> figure that out!
>>
>>
>> I know there are many, many others. Someone might want to catalog them
>> for fun, even if not for profit.
>>
>> 73,
>> Ken, AB1J
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 13:54:00 -0300
> From: "Mike Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
> To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
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> Randy,
>
>
>
> You asked what a good *prefix* is, not what most people are telling you..the
> good CALLSIGNS or interesting/funny callsigns.
>
>
>
> A good prefix is one that is easily copiable..Not so far out there that it
> can be recognized on-the-fly w/o much thought.
>
> Close to but not exactly like the normal callsigns of your country. S5
> callsigns excepted, a good prefix is one with only 1 numeral in the prefix
> field.
>
>
>
> I happen to like the shorter callsigns and the almost-not-able-to-bust
> callsigns..not the "cute" or "ridiculous" callsigns with a huge amount of
> letters/words or numbers bordering on "why would you even *DO* that to
> yourself or your QSO partners?"
>
>
>
> M5 is a good one. MM9 or OM0 are others. Hard to bust them.
>
>
>
> One year I went as VC9T.a relatively short callsign. A total trainwreck.
> Never again.
>
> (nor would I try VE98765MIKE..it boggles my mind why folks do this.)
>
>
>
> Mike VE9AA
>
>
>
> One of the fun things about the WPX contest is the number of multipliers.
>
> Every new prefix worked helps build the score. Ray NM2O has looked at the
> TI7W
>
> log from last year and made a list of the USA prefixes worked.
>
>
>
> See https://cqwpx.com/blog/some-wpx-statistics/ for details.
>
>
>
> Want to be rare this weekend? Find a prefix that is not usually active and
> put
>
> it on the air!
>
>
>
>
>
> Randy K5ZD
>
>
>
> Mike, Coreen & Corey
>
> Keswick Ridge, NB
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 10:05:40 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Michael Ritz <w7vo@comcast.net>
> To: Bernie via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
> Message-ID: <1693649345.249685.1622480740512@connect.xfinity.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> One on this last weekend was SE5E. Try that with a weak signal and polar
> flutter to the West Coast...
>
> 73;
> Mike
> W7VO
>
>
>> On 05/31/2021 2:14 AM Bernie via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> One I won?t forget (and I know it was a pirate) was EI5ISH sent around 40
>> WPM. I must admit I did not get it the first time it was sent.
>>
>> Bernie McClenny, W3UR
>>
>> Editor of: The Daily DX (1997-2021)
>> The Weekly DX (2001-2021)
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>>
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>>
>> On May 31, 2021, at 3:13 AM, Don Butler <n5lz@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> ?The call that I will never forget was 6E5EBE .... not even sure if it was it
>> was used in WPX or CQWW contest .... it goes back to the 1980s or early
>> 1990s .... those guys probably still hold the record for "most dits
>> transmitted during a single weekend"
>>
>> Don N5LZ
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces+n5lz=comcast.net@contesting.com]
>> On Behalf Of Randy Thompson
>> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2021 12:17 PM
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>>
>> Not sure about weird or unusual, but a QSO that has stuck in my mind from
>> many years ago was working A35NN in and ARRL DX CW contest. His exchange
>> was 5NN NN. I remember it took me a few QSOs listening to figure it all
>> out!
>>
>> Randy K5ZD
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+k5zd=outlook.com@contesting.com> On
>> Behalf Of AB1J via CQ-Contest
>> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2021 10:25 PM
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>>
>>
>> What's the most unusual or weird prefix you have ever worked?
>>
>> GL in the contest.
>>
>> 73,
>> Ken, AB1J
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Randy Thompson <k5zd@outlook.com>
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com <cq-contest@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Fri, May 28, 2021 2:13 am
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>>
>> One of the fun things about the WPX contest is the number of multipliers.
>> Every new prefix worked helps build the score. Ray NM2O has looked at the
>> TI7W log from last year and made a list of the USA prefixes worked.
>>
>> See
>> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcqwpx.com%2
>> Fblog%2Fsome-wpx-statistics%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C31a1860c46dd429fb0d108d
>> 92181bbe1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637577663350606041%7C
>> Unknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLC
>> JXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=byZUTyFhQsv%2BxHrxAT4JMvhVU8%2BTiB1Z8Dw%2BZMJC
>> FZ4%3D&reserved=0 for details.
>>
>> Want to be rare this weekend? Find a prefix that is not usually active and
>> put it on the air!
>>
>>
>> Randy K5ZD
>>
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>> d429fb0d108d92181bbe1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637577663
>> 350606041%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTi
>> I6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=3xpahj0Uulv7By2UcWq4JjQd3U38mBgAqW
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>> d429fb0d108d92181bbe1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637577663
>> 350606041%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTi
>> I6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=3xpahj0Uulv7By2UcWq4JjQd3U38mBgAqW
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 12:43:06 -0800
> From: <wigi@kl0r.com>
> To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
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> Of course, The Bahamas technically don't have a number in their prefix the
> way amateurs think of numbers in a callsign. But they do have an A...
>
> 73, Wigi, KL0R
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+wigi=kl0r.com@contesting.com> On Behalf
> Of Michael Ritz
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2021 9:06 AM
> To: Bernie via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>
> One on this last weekend was SE5E. Try that with a weak signal and polar
> flutter to the West Coast...
>
> 73;
> Mike
> W7VO
>
>
>> On 05/31/2021 2:14 AM Bernie via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> One I won?t forget (and I know it was a pirate) was EI5ISH sent around 40
>> WPM. I must admit I did not get it the first time it was sent.
>>
>> Bernie McClenny, W3UR
>>
>> Editor of: The Daily DX (1997-2021)
>> The Weekly DX (2001-2021)
>> How's DX? (1999-2021)
>>
>> Two week trial - http://www.dailydx.com/free-trial-request/
>> https://twitter.com/dailydx
>> 410-489-6518
>>
>>
>> On May 31, 2021, at 3:13 AM, Don Butler <n5lz@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> ?The call that I will never forget was 6E5EBE .... not even sure if it
>> was it was used in WPX or CQWW contest .... it goes back to the 1980s
>> or early 1990s .... those guys probably still hold the record for
>> "most dits transmitted during a single weekend"
>>
>> Don N5LZ
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest
>> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces+n5lz=comcast.net@contesting.com]
>> On Behalf Of Randy Thompson
>> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2021 12:17 PM
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>>
>> Not sure about weird or unusual, but a QSO that has stuck in my mind
>> from many years ago was working A35NN in and ARRL DX CW contest. His
>> exchange was 5NN NN. I remember it took me a few QSOs listening to
>> figure it all out!
>>
>> Randy K5ZD
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+k5zd=outlook.com@contesting.com>
>> On Behalf Of AB1J via CQ-Contest
>> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2021 10:25 PM
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>>
>>
>> What's the most unusual or weird prefix you have ever worked?
>>
>> GL in the contest.
>>
>> 73,
>> Ken, AB1J
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Randy Thompson <k5zd@outlook.com>
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com <cq-contest@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Fri, May 28, 2021 2:13 am
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>>
>> One of the fun things about the WPX contest is the number of multipliers.
>> Every new prefix worked helps build the score. Ray NM2O has looked at
>> the TI7W log from last year and made a list of the USA prefixes worked.
>>
>> See
>> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcqwpx
>> .com%2
>> Fblog%2Fsome-wpx-statistics%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C31a1860c46dd429fb
>> 0d108d
>> 92181bbe1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637577663350606
>> 041%7C
>> Unknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1h
>> aWwiLC
>> JXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=byZUTyFhQsv%2BxHrxAT4JMvhVU8%2BTiB1Z8Dw%
>> 2BZMJC
>> FZ4%3D&reserved=0 for details.
>>
>> Want to be rare this weekend? Find a prefix that is not usually
>> active and put it on the air!
>>
>>
>> Randy K5ZD
>>
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> Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 17:55:51 -0300
> From: "Mike Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
> To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Funny/strange things heard in 'WPX
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> Instead of b!tch!ng moaning/groaning like I sometimes do after a major
> event, I will tell you a couple, umm, "funny" things I heard or experienced
> during CQ WPX. I made notes on paper of a couple of these.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> One station when he missed part of my serial #, literally sent this to me
> "JUST LAST NR PSE" and so I sent him just the last numeral of the 4 digit
> serial # and he sent a TU..I laughed.
>
>
>
> I worked 2 JA's, believed to be LP..one very early, one very late...I don't
> work many JA's here. Partially because I am seldom ever looking that way
> and even when I am, I'm blocked by a hill to my NW.and my stn is pretty
> small.
>
>
>
> 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)
>
>
>
> I decoded 3 or 4 of those reeeeeeally long EU calls on the first go (I was
> so proud!) and then promptly busted super easy calls like N4ZZ to K1ZZ
> (there was QRM) and AK1W (no QRM) to AC0W for some reason. I did correct
> them on the 2nd over..
>
> I had trouble with some of the really short Italian calls.mental block on
> the dits.II3S was a BLUR, but had no problem at all with SE5E (maybe because
> I have worked him 100+ times in the Wed CWT's? ) I laugh at some of my own
> CW copying LIDNESS (and marvel at some random efficiencies at other times).
>
>
>
> Why do guys with 3 and 4 letter calls send them twice? (doesn't that defeat
> the whole purpose?) <scratches head> I lost track of how many times I could
> tell *just* as I was sending my report, I heard a slight part of a dit or
> dash and was probably doubling with them...I got tired of hitting the escape
> key then waiting, then sending them the report again.I just hit the "=" key
> to resend the whole blurb again.
>
>
>
> One guy had some kind of automated reply that was (presumably) doing a
> QRZ.com lookup. The reply after the #'s were exchanged was something like
> "TU MIKE FOR THE NICE QSO".I tuned away after the word QSO.maybe the message
> kept on going.
>
>
>
> I heard several, what I think were, SSB generated Morse code signals.
> Software driven encode/decode I think. If software increases activity I am
> all for it, but there are "keyers" out there (or USB cables to your
> transceiver) to make your rig transmit true CW, so I think it's best that
> those are employed.
>
>
>
> One guy drifted badly outside my narrow 250Hz filter every time he started
> transmitting..a very chirpy QRP(?) signal.on the 2nd or 3rd try of me trying
> to get his SN, I had to follow him with the RIT. This was the first contest
> in a very long time I had to run the narrow filter on 20m.which is normally
> just reserved for the noisy and packed low bands. Activity was up! A good
> thing.
>
>
>
> That's it for now..If I think of more, I'll add to the discussion, if there
> is any discussion.
>
>
>
> Relaxing today..lots of coffee. (maybe too much)
>
>
>
> VE9AA
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
> Mike, Coreen & Corey
>
> Keswick Ridge, NB
>
>
>
>
> --
> Mike VE9AA
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> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 18:33:24 -0400
> From: "Peter Chamalian" <W1RM@Comcast.net>
> To: "'Don Butler'" <n5lz@comcast.net>, "'Randy Thompson'"
> <k5zd@outlook.com>, <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
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> Oh I remember that one very well. Last hour of CQWW CW and I was doing
> single band 15, needing zone 6. I came upon this blur of dits and dahs and
> it took me a few repeats to get it right.
>
>
> Pete Chamalian, W1RM
> W1rm@comcast.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+w1rm=comcast.net@contesting.com> On
> Behalf Of Don Butler
> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2021 7:55 PM
> To: 'Randy Thompson' <k5zd@outlook.com>; cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>
> The call that I will never forget was 6E5EBE .... not even sure if it was it
> was used in WPX or CQWW contest .... it goes back to the 1980s or early
> 1990s .... those guys probably still hold the record for "most dits
> transmitted during a single weekend"
>
> Don N5LZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces+n5lz=comcast.net@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Randy Thompson
> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2021 12:17 PM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>
> Not sure about weird or unusual, but a QSO that has stuck in my mind from
> many years ago was working A35NN in and ARRL DX CW contest. His exchange
> was 5NN NN. I remember it took me a few QSOs listening to figure it all
> out!
>
> Randy K5ZD
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+k5zd=outlook.com@contesting.com> On
> Behalf Of AB1J via CQ-Contest
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2021 10:25 PM
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>
>
> What's the most unusual or weird prefix you have ever worked?
>
> GL in the contest.
>
> 73,
> Ken, AB1J
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy Thompson <k5zd@outlook.com>
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Sent: Fri, May 28, 2021 2:13 am
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] What is a good prefix for the WPX Contest?
>
> One of the fun things about the WPX contest is the number of multipliers.
> Every new prefix worked helps build the score. Ray NM2O has looked at the
> TI7W log from last year and made a list of the USA prefixes worked.
>
> See
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcqwpx.com%2
> Fblog%2Fsome-wpx-statistics%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C31a1860c46dd429fb0d108d
> 92181bbe1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637577663350606041%7C
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> JXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=byZUTyFhQsv%2BxHrxAT4JMvhVU8%2BTiB1Z8Dw%2BZMJC
> FZ4%3D&reserved=0 for details.
>
> Want to be rare this weekend?? Find a prefix that is not usually active and
> put it on the air!
>
>
> Randy K5ZD
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> Message: 9
> Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2021 13:01:52 +0000 (UTC)
> From: jimk8mr@aol.com
> To: "ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>,
> "cq-contest@contesting.com" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Funny/strange things heard in 'WPX
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>
>
>
> -----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
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2021 10:07:02 -0300
> From: "Mike Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
> To: <jimk8mr@aol.com>
> Cc: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Funny/strange things heard in 'WPX
> Message-ID: <004201d756e7$040fd6e0$0c2f84a0$@nbnet.nb.ca>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
> 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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