[CQ-Contest] Short contest calls.

[David Robbins]

I'll agree.  1x1 calls like k2g or k1b are probably not good in
contests.  There are a couple reasons, first not all contesters are
dxers who follow all the expedition lists, and second, they require a
special update of country files so that logging software knows they are
multipliers.  Trying to get the word out that some non location specific
call like that is something special takes time and is bound to miss lots
of contest participants.


David Robbins K1TTT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-admin at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
> admin at contesting.com] On Behalf Of VR2BrettGraham
> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 14:44
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Short contest calls.
> 
> VY1JA noted:
> 
> >I find 1x1 calls confusing on first glance, and am sure that I am not
the
> >only one.  My goodness, with a location advantage like Guam in the
first
> >place, does anyone there NEED a 1x1 call to help with the contests?
> 
> To help ensure they don't do as well as they otherwise could?
> 
> I already had the US & zone 5 mults, so just kept tuning past K2G.
> 
> They may have worked zone 24, but they probably didn't get a VR.
> 
> Calls like K2G & K7K are taking these Yank geographically meaningless
> callsigns too far...
> 
> 73, VR2BrettGraham
> 
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