[CQ-Contest] 2006 SSB WPX

[Andrew Faber]

Kelly,
  I have to agree.  Callsign borrowing leads to more interesting prefixes in 
WPX contest.
  I had a surreal experience in 2004 when I was operating in WPX SSB as P40Y 
from Aruba.  I was being QRMed unintentionally by a close stateside station, 
and it turned out to be me (that is, a friend using my callsign, AE6Y, with 
my permission)!  It was very strange to be asking myself to move.
  73, andy, ae6y
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kelly Taylor" <ve4xt at mts.net>
To: <k1ttt at arrl.net>; "'cq-contest'" <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 2006 SSB WPX


> Personally, I think the callsign borrowing thing is much ado about 
> nothing.
>
> To quote Charlie Sheen in Ferris Bueller's Day Off: "You could ditch."
>
> If there's nothing stopping Ham A from doing it, there's nothing stopping
> you from doing it either. Just like there's nothing stopping me from
> applying for (and paying $60 for) a vanity, temporary use callsign such as
> VC4C or XM4M. If I choose not to do that, I can't rightly then complain
> about the person who does.
>
> One thing I always liked about WPX is that the multipliers are almost
> endless. Even WW has finite limits on mults. For every person who puts a
> unique px on the air, that's one more mult for you to work. That, at 
> least,
> is positive.
>
> 73, kelly
> ve4xt
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