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

[kq2m at kq2m.com]

Hi Pete,

That's a great question you ask.  Maybe the best way for me to answer it 
is to say the following....

I currently hold a bunch of US records in the ARRLDX, CQWW, CQWPX, and 
IARU contests, all of which I set while operating from and living 
permanently in CT.  I have always used KQ2M, yet on some records I am 
listed as KQ2M/1 and on others KQ2M. In fact, in the WPX contests, 
through 2016 I am listed as KQ2M/1 and starting in 2017 I am listed as 
KQ2M even though I have only ever used KQ2M.

73

Bob, KQ2M


On 2021-06-01 15:17, N4ZR 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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