[CQ-Contest] Funny/strange things heard in 'WPX

[David Siddall]

The requirement to sign portable only applies if your callsign does not
reflect your DXCC country.  In context, the rule reads:

"A station operating from a DXCC entity different from that indicated by
its call sign is required to sign portable. The portable prefix must be an
authorized prefix of the country/call area of operation. In cases of
portable operation, the portable designator will then become the prefix.
Example: N8BJQ operating from Wake Island would sign N8BJQ/KH9 or
N8BJQ/NH9. KH6XXX operating from Ohio must use an authorized prefix for the
U.S. 8th district (/W8, /AD8, etc.)."

73, Dave K3ZJ


On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 5:30 PM N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net> wrote:

> The rule says, "The portable prefix must be an authorized prefix of the
> country/call area of operation."  It goes on, "KH6XXX operating from
> Ohio must use an authorized prefix for the U.S. 8th district (/W8, /AD8,
> etc.)".
>
> Does this mean that my use of the callsign WR8AA from the third call
> area without a /3 suffix will be disqualified? There were certainly few
> to no US stations in WPX signing "/#"to denote their actual call area.
> In fact, I logged exactly one in over 1100 QSOs.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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> On 6/1/2021 12:21 PM, Mike Ricketts wrote:
> > " The WPX rules require one to have a callsign matching his DXCC country.
> > Otherwise scoring issues - 1 point vs 3 points - arise.  Since AH2 is not
> > in the USA, he had to send something. I don't think his "/**#"  needed to
> > match his USA call area, however."
> >
> > The rules do indicate that those operating in another DXCC entity, must
> use
> > a call from that call area. The specific example they use is KH6XXX
> > operating in Ohio, would need to use something from the 8th call area. So
> > the # portion does matter.
> >
> >
> > 73,
> > Mike ND9G
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 10:57 AM Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I really liked that “NO-DX” callsign.(NO8DX)  I laughed every time we
> >> worked.  I didn’t know it was you, but big signal from you.
> >>
> >> Obviously not in the Florida Condo, Jim, hi!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> VE9AA
> >>
> >> Mike, Coreen & Corey
> >>
> >> Keswick Ridge, NB
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: jimk8mr at aol.com [mailto:jimk8mr at aol.com]
> >> Sent: June 1, 2021 10:02 AM
> >> To: ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca; cq-contest at contesting.com
> >> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Funny/strange things heard in 'WPX
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>
> >> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> >> Sent: Mon, May 31, 2021 4:55 pm
> >> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Funny/strange things heard in 'WPX
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> One station..a SV1something insisted his call was SV1something/QRP and
> >> every
> >>
> >> time I went back to just the base callsign (let's call him SV1XXX but I
> >> just
> >>
> >> made that up) he would not give me a serial #.....This happened 3 or 4
> >> times
> >>
> >> until I said something like "NO, just SV1XXX" and then sent him the
> report
> >>
> >> again. Over and over he sent /QRP, /QRP, then SV1XXX/QRP.  He came back
> a
> >>
> >> few times every 5 minutes, until he just didn't.  Was I being a jerk?
> >> Yeah,
> >>
> >> maybe, but I will never, ever perpetuate the sending of CALLSIGN/QRP in
> a
> >>
> >> contest.  "/QRP" is not your call and I won't help keep that trend
> going.
> >>
> >> During the week, sure. During a contest, no.  My loss? Maybe.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I worked the same guy, and had just as much trouble getting his call out
> >> from around the "/QRP"
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I worked one guy.I forget his exact call.but something like
> >>
> >> AH2M/WN6..wouldn't it have just been easier to send "AH2M"?  Doesn't
> >>
> >> AH2M/WN6 translate to simply a AH6 for a prefix? (Hardly seems worth it)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The WPX rules require one to have a callsign matching his DXCC country.
> >> Otherwise scoring issues - 1 point vs 3 points - arise.  Since AH2 is
> not
> >> in the USA, he had to send something. I don't think his "/**#"  needed
> to
> >> match his USA call area, however.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for all the QSOs with me, hiding out in the Witness Protection
> >> program as NO8DX.  (Does the "WP" in "WPX" stand for "Witness
> Protection"? )
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 73  -  Jim   K8MR
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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