[CQ-Contest] Short contest calls.

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

At 05:24 PM 11/27/2002 +0000, David Robbins K1TTT wrote:

>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.

Not only that, but it's a difficult update to the country files.  Not only 
do I have to add K2G, but I also have to add other K2Gxy callsigns that are 
still USA - CT can't tell the difference between a prefix and a 
callsign.  Then the special call (and the over-rides) needs to be removed 
after the contest.

73 - Jim AD1C


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