[CQ-Contest] Possible lack of knowledge of the states of the union, and sloppiness in listening

[Eric Rosenberg]

Living/operating from the District of Columbia has its own somewhat 
unique liabilities.

You'd be surprised at how many do not know that DC is a legitimate QTH 
(although not an actual state) and mult in the contest they're 
participating in! No, Washington, DC is *not* the state of Washington.

As a result, I often have to resort to "DC... DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA" or 
"WASHINGTON DC "

Fortunately, the regularly active stations (KE3X, NN3RP, N8HM, 4U1WB and 
myself) are known to many.

My call (W3DQ), DELTA QUEEN is often mangled. More often than not -- 
especially in domestic contests. I'm not comfortable with DAIRY QUEEN 
(although lots of folks come back to me with those phonetics), so I'll 
resort to variations using DENMARK and/or QUEBEC.

Yet another challenge!

73,
Eric W3DQ
Washington, DC



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Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 14:38:09 +0100
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Subject: [CQ-Contest] Possible lack of knowledge of the states of the union, and sloppiness in listening

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Possible lack of knowledge of the states of the union.   Just one conclusion - CW rules :-)

Sloppiness in copying  (VE9AA's QSL manager in Ontario).  Serves them right :-)

Same in the CQWW when people log the default zone of someone who has moved.

73 from Sweden,

Goran, SM0DRD