At last some logic.
4X4KF
Yuri VE3DZ wrote:
>Well, Steve, I guess you have to live with that. Not everybody in the World
>knows (and cares) about right abbreviation of the States.
>That's why Mike-November is much better (same with Sierra-Juliet-Victor for
>SJV).
>What if someone in Rus DX Contest would tell you -"5x9, Chelyabinsk"? What
>would you LOG? :-))
>
>And for someone who earlier had trouble spelling "E" - I can tell that
>"Echo" works fine for me.
>
>regards,
>Yuri VE3DZ
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>
>>What I hate is when you simply say "Minnesota" and the guy on the other
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>ends says "OK, Minnesota, MI, right?". No, not right, it's MN. MI is a
>different place. Now I've added at least one more go-around with this QSO
>that's completely unnecessary and a huge waste of time. I've resolved to say
>"Mike November" and be done with it.
>
>
>>73 Steve K0SR
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