I hope all the stations I worked in various contests didn't get dinged
when I was signing DU1/K6ACZ while in the Philippines!
I can't get a DU call unless I have a permanent residents visa card so
must sign portable.
Gerry Hull wrote:
> Hi Brett,
>
> You said:
> "Of 15423 raw W & VE calls, 17 are Ws in VE or vice versa. Of the
> 7 VEs in W, all calls are correct. Of the 10 Ws in VE, half of the calls
> are incorrect (must be call/VE#, not VE#/call)."
>
> Well, actually, it's perfectly valid to sign, for example, VE1/W1VE or
> W1VE/VE1 (Not for me, since I hold a Canadian license also.)
> The W1VE/VE1 is the generally accepted method and arrangement between the US
> and Canada. The VE1/W1VE form is the CEPT method.
> The US still prefers VE1RM/W1, for example. However, I bet the FCC would
> not have a hissy if someone signed the form W1/VE1RM (I might!).
> In fact, I've heard lots of Canadians on the air from the US using the CEPT
> form.
>
> Therefore, these are all valid callsigns, and the contest software is smart
> enough to know what country the station is actually in.
>
> 73,
>
> Gerry, W1VE, VE1RM, VY2CDX, VE9XDX, VO1WIN
>
>
>>From the rac website, http://www.rac.ca/regulatory/rcip.htm
> "There is no need for paperwork or other formalities when exchanging visits
> between Canada and the United States. Under the terms of the agreement, the
> visitor should give his or her call sign and location, e.g. VE3FRS/W9 or
> N9CFX/VE3. However, it is unlikely that anyone would complain if the form
> VE3/N9CFX were used."
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of VR2BrettGraham
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 9:20 PM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] What to log?
>
> K5ZD's release of the latest SCP file gave me a chance to look at this.
>
> I go through the file, as there are a lot of duplicates in it (whether USA
> station having to sign /something for some contests, or the apparently
> outdoor-loving SP5s, as seemingly half of them appear a second time as /5
> ;^). And there is the occasional N02R (instead of NO2R), too.
>
> Of 15423 raw W & VE calls, 17 are Ws in VE or vice versa. Of the
> 7 VEs in W, all calls are correct. Of the 10 Ws in VE, half of the calls
> are incorrect (must be call/VE#, not VE#/call).
>
> What should you do? Some of these are probably like FM/TO4A, but when
> somebody calls you & you know that's not a valid call, what to do?
>
> Closest thing to this I can think of is YU4. VR2BG master log of some 125k
> Qs has 36 YU4s in it, of which 24 were in a contest.
> This is from 1999 to present & I see I still am working the occasional
> YU4 even in 2005. I went through all the log check files I have & I don't
> see loosing any YU4 Qs.
>
> As I understand it, YU4s really shouldn't count - but I still work them.
> Although some may argue that portable front-or-rear is a minor issue, the
> callsign for W<>VE operation is clear - must be portable-on-the-end.
>
> Log what he should be sending or log what he actually sent?
> Interestingly, the best example I can find is 1Z9A - who was flagged as an
> incorrect zone (I logged the 31 sent), but so far, no penalties for
> instances of logging-what-was-sent-although-I-know-better best I can tell.
>
> 73, VR2BrettGraham
>
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