exactly same problem I had... was a KL7 operating in 4 land..
wife was KL7P and I was KL7Q.. had those calls for 24 years.. finally
gave up 2 yrs ago (end of those month - and often thought about getting
them back before the 2 yr wait ends) and got W calls.. it was tuff
contesting and dxing with the KL7 call from here in 4 land..
Tom WX4TM
Phil Florig wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been mostly chasing DX and have been "up in the air" about using
> the /4. I lets the person know that I am in 4 land but that is about it.
> Most of the time for DX it doesn't matter to the DX station. Problem is
> when the DX calls for the "4's" am I ok to jump in the pile. HI....
> This has caused some problems as one DX station would not work me because
> I jumped in with the /4 and he said I was a 9 and didn't get in the log.
> When he got to the 9's he wouldn't respond to me. (Selective hearing???
> HI.)
>
> I know that contesting is a little different and guess will have to look
> at the particular contest to see if it makes a difference like Bill and
> Bob indicated.
>
> Side note here, is that sometimes there is a problem with the qsling
> part as
> I get "Not in log" because I didn't put /4 on the call when submitting. The
> log search did not pick up the call right. Might keep this in mind when
> qsling...
>
>
> 73 Phil
>
>
>> On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 20:48:44 -0400, "Bob Wanderer" <aa0cy@quadnet.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >While there appears to be no written, specific requirement
>> >regarding signing portable, it seems to me that signing
>> >portable would be beneficial since the US call areas are
>> >multipliers.
>> >73, Bob AA0CY/3
>>
>> _________________________________________________________
>>
>> I suspect that was probably what was intended by the contest sponsors.
>> I'm surprised they didn't spell it out like other contests.
>>
>> Just looking for a loophole. :-)
>>
>> 73, Bill W7TI
>>
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