[CQ-Contest] Prefixes in WPX

[Paul Cassel]

Don

I would use the adage "it's easier to get forgiveness than permission"  :)

Paul VE3SY

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Don Cassel
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 7:27 AM
> To: vo1he at rac.ca; 'Joe Subich, W4TV'; cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Prefixes in WPX
> 
> Interesting point Paul. I have used the /W4 suffix previously in WPX
> contests and the W4 has always counted as the prefix to the best of my
> knowledge. I just tested this in Writelog and when used as either a prefix
> or a suffix it is recognized as a prefix for scoring and counts only once
> as
> a mult.
> 
> The benefit of using NV4 instead of W4 (which started all this) is that it
> is a rarely used prefix in the WPX and would be in great demand for a
> mult.
> As you know this is a contest where lots of unusual prefixes appear that
> are
> not normally used in other contests.
> 
> 73, Don VE3XD/W4
> 
> 
> >For your purposes, Don, I don't know what the benefit would be to use
> anything but W4 if you have to sign with >a /W4 modifier. In this case,
> wouldn't your prefix still be VE3? The W4 would be a location modifier
> but,
> as it >doesn't come before your callsign, should it count as a prefix?
> 
> 
> 73 -- Paul VO1HE
> 
> 
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