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From: steve.root@culligan4water.com
KE3Q said: "Seriously, there are people who get on and make their first QSO
ever and plenty who don't have any idea what section they're in. "
I worked an N2 who gave me a perfect exchange, except for a sectiuon he sent
"NY". I asked him 'SEC?" and he again sent "NY". So I asked him "ENY, WNY, or
NNY?" and he just sat there completely confused. So I finally said "Tnx anyway
NIL", deleted the QSO and went back to work.
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This isn't unique to HF contesting. Given the Grid-centric way that VHF
operates, you'd think that everyone would know their Grid4 (if not their
Grid6). Nope.
Ev, W2EV
PS: Grids can be exteded out to 12 meaningful cyphers. It would be an
interestingly quirky project for someone to write a java app to calculate it
all out! :)
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