Hi Doug,
thanks for the various QSOs in CQWW. Yes, WL properly showed
KG4OX as Gitmo and all KG4xxx as USA needing a state entry!
So I am really puzzled by your experience. Were these mainly
EU stations asking you for STATE?
73 de Goetz, DJ3IW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug McDuff" <w4ox@bellsouth.net>
To: <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 1:38 PM
Subject: [RTTY] Logging Question & Post Contest Thought
> Operating as KG4OX during the CQWW, I all too frequently was asked
> for my state. In fact, so many times so that I had to make up a
> special macro to address the issue.
>
> Now I understand that there could have been some confusion with the
> FCC having issued KG4xxx calls, but I found this to be very curious
> nonetheless for at least two reasons. First (and assuming my
> exchange was properly copied) my zone was given as 8. Second, and
> at
> least in using WL, when a KG4xx call was entered it should have
> automatically populated the entry window with Guantanamo. In fact,
> during a lull in the contest I tested this out and also tried it
> using a KG4xxx call and it was only with the 2x3 call that I would
> be
> required to fill in the state. So, I was more than mildly curious
> as
> to why this would have happened on such a frequent basis. Any
> thoughts?
>
> Also, I found that over time there appeared a pattern as to when I
> was likely to have to request repeats. The exchange usually went
> like this:
>
> KG4OX KG4OX KG4OX de xx1xx
>
> Now clearly I knew my own call, although there were a few slips
> outside the contest when I was near asleep and on CW where I started
> to send W4OX. Almost without fail, I could clearly print my own
> call
> but the call of the station calling me would get garbled. In a few
> instances, and I apologize for doing so, I had to give up and move
> on
> to someone else because I just could not print the call when only
> given once. At least to me, it would have been far more productive
> for the station(s) calling me to send their callsign several times
> to
> get my attention.
>
> 73, Doug W4OX / KG4OX
>
> PS I want to take this opportunity to publicly thank John, WA9ALS,
> for his invaluable help prior to the contest. My trip to KG4 was a
> near last minute situation. John, via email, patiently walked me
> through setting up and using MMTTY with WL. Further, John
> volunteered to ship to me his interface and cables for use with the
> 706. I was glad to be able to take them with me. They will now be
> carefully re-packed and returned to him. Thanks John!
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