To All,
Do we need to do a manual recount of all the KG4's in Florida???
K2QMF
On Wed, 15 Nov 2000 23:22:55 -0500 k8cc <k8cc@mediaone.net> writes:
>
>At 08:09 PM 11/15/00 -0500, Jimk8mr@aol.com wrote:
>>Not for the manual, but I did notice that 10.50 tried to put KG4BIG
>into VI.
>>There weren't many other KG4's on CW, but I suspect (and hope) there
>will be
>>a lot more on SSB (for example I met KG4GAC last Sunday in FL).
>>
>>Is KH4*** for W4 land next, or is the FCC skipping from KG4ZZZ to
>KI4AAA?
>
>NA has code in it that makes KG4 2x2s into Guantanamo, but otherwise
>are
>USA. Same for KC6s. However, this code works for country IDs (DX
>contests, NAQP, etc.) but not SS where simple prefix lookups are used.
> It
>doesn't seem worth the effort to fix this since its a fairly small
>population affected and you ARE supposed to copy the section (to
>overwrite VI).
>
>KG4 2x2 callsigns are issued by the US Navy (or is it Coast Guard)
>that
>administers Guantanamo. Obviously, the FCC has agreed not to issue
>KG4
>2x2s, but they probably don't see any reason to skip KG4 2x3s. KH4
>however, *IS* a valid Midway general class callsign, so my predictions
>is
>that the only way KH4s might get issued in FLA, for example would be
>by
>mistake.
>
>Of course, the FCC could be using old voting machines to administer
>callsigns...
>
>Dave
>
>
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