[CQ-Contest] section names, SD v SDG

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

I wouldn't assume that.

We saw a couple of stations in San Diego sending SD instead of SDG in the Pa
QSO Party last month, so when in doubt, we asked and confirmed if it was one
or the other.  Some folks simply assume that we'll assume a 6 sending or
saying "SD" is short for San Diego.

For that matter, also during the Pa QSO Party, we worked one 6 station who
sent his section as "LANG."  Very insistent on it, because that was the
"new" 4 letter designation for LA COUNTY.

When I took the mike for a moment and pointed out to him that in PaQP, we
worked ARRL/RAC sections outside of PA, he informed me that he had been a
contester for 20-ought years and knew that I was wrong and that he was right
and that he had to send us his new county designation...

...because he read it on the CQ-Contest reflector, and that that was the
mandate from those "idiots in Newington," so that's what he was going to
do... (and please don't argue with me, that's what he said!  Of course, this
same gentleman asked us who the bonus station was... and we told him that we
were... and his response was "are you sure?"  so I have to wonder if this
was someone simply yanking our chains, so to speak)

There were a couple of others also sending LANG instead of LAX, but this one
stuck in my mind.

73, ron w3wn

----- Original Message -----
From: "N6KI Dennis Vernacchia" <n6ki_73 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "RICHARD BOYD" <ke3q at msn.com>
Cc: "cq-contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] section names, SD v SDG


> Any contestor, worth working, in San Diego, knows to send SDG
>
> Unless some real newbies showed up, I doubt anyone in San Diego
> would be so stupid as to send SD
>
> 73, Dennis N6KI
> Sandy Eggo
>
> RICHARD BOYD wrote:
>> I had a number of "sixes" send their section as SD.  I automatically
>> converted that to SDG until I realized that one of the sixes I was
>> working probably was, I recalled, in South Dakota, so I logged it as SD,
>> which is what he sent.  Now I wonder about those couple before that that
>> had send SD -- were they in South Dakota or in San Diego.  Oh well.  If I
>> lose a couple QSOs that won't kill me.  In hindsight, I realize whenever
>> I hear SD sent and it's not a zero, and particularly if it's a six, I
>> have to ask for clarification, "SDG?"
>>
>> 73 - Rich, KE3Q