Yes, of course, I am not 100% sure that those calls were actually right and
I completly agree with you. I am just wondering based on what were they
determined BAD as there was no WN and the call is issued and active
according to all callbooks and databases and he did not submit the log.
73
Tonno
ES5TV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Gilmer - N2MG" <n2mg@contesting.com>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] A lot of strange BADs in UBN
> On Wed, 17 April 2002, "Tonno Vahk" wrote
>
> >
> > As far as UBNs were mentioned I might say that I
> noticed quite a few -B
> > calls in our ES9C M/M UBN report that were actually
> absolutely fine and
> > existing calls and had been worked by many stations -
> 30, 40, or even more.
>
> Just because 30 or 40 people copied the same call,
> doesn't mean it's the "right" call. I've listened in
> awe to some stations giving their callsigns with the
> same (often highly-accented) phonetics over and over.
> When pressed about a specific letter, they clarify with
> different phonetics that reveal a different callsign.
>
> In fact, several times a contest I find myself calling
> a station, getting told by him that I'm a dupe, then
> hear the station use a different set of phonetics that
> changes his call. (This happens with spotted calls a
> LOT.)
>
>
> -Mike N2MG
>
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