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Re: [CQ-Contest] VE4 and ND at the same time

To: "Dennis McAlpine" <dbmcalpine@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] VE4 and ND at the same time
From: "Gerry Hull" <gerry@yccc.org>
Reply-to: w1ve@yccc.org
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:27:56 -0500
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Yep, unless your in the boondocks, and/or you tell the border guard what you
are doing.

Gerry W1VE

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Dennis McAlpine
<dbmcalpine@earthlink.net>wrote:

> Does this mean that every time you switch calls from a US call to a VE4
> call
> you need to go through Customs?
>
> I was not aware that the software ignored the portion of the call after a
> "/".  How do you handle a mobile station in a state QSO Party?
>
> Dennis, K2SX
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of John Laney
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 2:27 PM
> To: Tree
> Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] VE4 and ND at the same time
>
> Tree wrote:
> > While this is a fun thing to toss around - I hope nobody gets the idea
> > that this would be a good thing to actually try.  None of the logging
> > software out there - or the log checking software - would be able to
> handle
> > having a QSO count for two different multipliers.
> >
> > If you do it - just use one call for half the contest and a different
> call
> > for the other half.  Best if you can make the call different (by using a
> > club call or something).  Currently, the log checking software counts
> > K7RAT/0 and K7RAT/VE4 as the same callsign for log checking purposes.
> >
> > Tree N6TR
> > n6tr@arrl.org
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> It has already been done, although not from different countries, in CQ
> 160 CW.  One year KH6DX/M signed SD/ND as his multiplier.  I imagine
> that Dave, K4JRB, could address how he handled that, but I know at
> W8JI/W4AN multi op, it was our only ND QSO and we were thinking that it
> would count for ND, although "claiming" as such would not be possible in
> the Cabrillo format except to the extent that the supposed ND multiplier
> was reflected in our claimed score.  73, John, K4BAI.
>
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