As a follow up, most of the responses I got back indicated that they'd
worked VC44X as well, and a couple of folks told me that it is a legal
callsign. Thanks to everyone who sent me info.
73,
David, K2DBK
On 3/27/07, David Kozinn, K2DBK <dkozinn@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> A friend of mine (who isn't on this list) worked a station during the WPX
> that he's pretty sure was giving his callsign as VC44X. He commented to me
> that he listened for quite a long time and is quite sure that the station
> was indeed signing as VC44X. (There were also several spots for that same
> call, but if my friend says he heard VC44X, I believe that he did, in fact,
> hear VC44X. I don't know about the cluster accuracy.)
>
> While I know that Canadian ops can use a VC prefix, I didn't think they
> could have more than a single digit in their callsign. I can't find any info
> about this call on qrz.com or any number of other sources.
>
> Does anyone know anything about this particular station, and whether
> that's even a legitimate callsign?
>
> Thanks.
>
> 73,
> David, K2DBK
>
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