[CQ-Contest] Sort of a pirate - Field Day

[Rick Mintz]

Was just told by my fellow club members that a station was using my call on 75 meters during Field Day - W1TY

When finally giving the phonetics he clearly said Quebec India. How that gets to TY is beyond me.

I was operating from the NNY section as K2NNY.

I hope the practice that Field Day offers finally pays off for that operator.

de Rick W1TY



FYI, while operating SSB over FD, we heard "you," W1TY, calling CQ -- I think it was 75 -- Dave was operating, and I wasn't there at the start. Dave reported that he'd called the guy, at first thinking it was you and some group using your call, so said "I thought you guys were in NNY???. Guy said, nope. So Dave asked how they got to use the call. They responded it was the club call for over 20 years! Not quite knowing what to do what that, Dave signed and called me over. 

We all listened over and over. Absolutely no question. Clear as a bell. W1TY. Not phonetics -- "W 1 T Y." And not DY or anything else -- TY. So I asked if he'd ever used phonetics? Nope. (This is after 15+ minutes!) So we called him back and asked for phonetics. Get this: W1 Quebec India!!! We were flabbergasted!  HOW could QI ever become TY? We couldn't even force it!

So, be aware--you might be getting some QSLs!!!