Why doesn't the official list follow the age old standard CW method that we
all learned for years and years of dropping vowels when possible??
----- Original Message -----
From: "John T. Laney III" <k4bai at att.net>
To: "secc" <secc at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 8:32 AM
Subject: [SECC] Possible Confusing County Abbreviations
> In preparation for the GQP this weekend, I made up a list of proposed
> counties for N4DU and me to use as W4R/M using the county abbreviations.
> This reminded me that there are at least two sets of county
> abbreviations that are confusing.
>
> Please note these:
> CHAT = Chattahoochee, not Chatooga or Chatham.
> CHTM = Chatham.
> CHGA - Chatooga.
>
> And Stewart is STWT, not STEW.
>
> These have caused some confusion in recent years, so I thought it might
> be well to remind GA stations to be sure to use the official
> abbreviation list to avoid confusion.
>
> 73, John, K4BAI.
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