[CQ-Contest] Re: [Dx] Lets change phonetics

[robert.n.shapiro at att.net]

Here's a different twist.  I was on a business trip in 
Swaziland in February 1995 and had a choice of either 
obtaining the call 3DAxx or using 3DA/ND3A.  I choose 
the latter thinking that noone would need to ask me "QSL 
via?"  WRONG!  Not only did that occur but in ARRL DX 
CW, I was doing some S&Ping and answered a well known 
USA contest station's CQ.  That station replied to me 
that I could not have been in Swaziland because I was 
not signing with a valid Swaziland call.  There were 
also other stations who when sending my call and/or 
writing it on a QSL card had 3DA0/ND3A.  People need to 
educate themselves as to what are valid prefixes 
worldwide - AB# is a USA call and Swaziland is 3DA#xxx 
or some variation.

Rob - ND3A


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