[CQ-Contest] Borrowed Calls

[Alan Braun]

K4VX has done this for years. His wife is NS0Z and they usually use her call
in WPX from his station, which most of the time is manned by guest ops. As
long as permission has been given, I don't see a problem with it, even
though in this particular case it makes my own call sign less desirable!

Alan NS0B

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim White" <k4oj at tampabay.rr.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 10:45 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Borrowed Calls


> de WM5R
>
> "Subject: [CQ-Contest] Borrowed callsigns
>
>      I know several big contesters who have "borrowed" the callsigns
> of friends for use in the WPX contests.  They operate single-op at their
> own station, but they just use someone else's (more desirable) callsign
> (with the other party's permission, of course.)
>
>      I wonder how other contesters feel about this practice?   "
>
>
> I feel there is no question there are better calls to be used in this
> contest...if you have a rarer prefix, especially now that W can work W,
you
> might get waited upon (run em) whereas if you are the third or 10th K4
that
> someone has worked spin the know takes over!
>
> It is precisely for this reason that we used WC4E in our Multi-Multi
effort
> in CW WPX from W1CW/W1YL/K4OJ station....
>
> Jeff (WC4E) has a callsign which is almost synonymous with the WPX
> contest...I know when I had pileups calling me there were many guys seeing
> new prefix on their monitors and were willing to wait!
>
> Contesting is a competitive sport...if you have found a better shaped sail
> in sail boating you go with it...or a better tire in auto racing you go
with
> that.....
>
> Do I have a problem with a fellow ham loaning his "unique prefix" callsign
> to another ham in his quest for greater contest success...not in the
least -
> what are friends for?
>
> We could have been K4NNN or K4FCG or any of the other calls licensed at
> W1CW/W1YL/K4OJ in WPX CW but there is absolutely no question in my mind
that
> by having Jeff's call we did better - his being there to operate was a big
> help, too - nice job on 15, Jeff!
>
> Seems like a really nice "hammy" thing to do - at least to me...provided
of
> course it is a free choice - I would not condone anyone holding a gun to
> someone's head in order to use their call during a contest...even if it
were
> a hired gun!
>
> This is a fraternity, right - a good place to do fraternal kinda stuff,
eh?
>
> 73,
>
> Jim,  K4OJ
>
>
>
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