[CQ-Contest] WRTC Calls

[Saulius Zalnerauskas]

You - American's sometimes are interesting :)
LY5W Sam

On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 8:19 PM jimk8mr--- via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:

>  I had wondered if in honor of Italy's contributions to modern
> civilization they would be using Roman Numerals in the callsigns, i.e. "I
> IV III C" rather than "I43C".
> LXXIII,
> Jim   K8MR
>
>
>     On Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at 12:09:31 PM EDT, ktfrog007--- via
> CQ-Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:
>
>   Non-standard two-digit I##x prefix calls starting with I4 were a poor
> choice. Lots of IARU participants are casual contesters and don't follow
> online discussions and info all the time. They have lives otherwise.
> Much better call blocks would have been I8#. Skipping I84 and I86. Let's
> hope the UK guys pay attention.
>
> 73,Ken, AB1J
>     On Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at 12:05:40 PM UTC, jpescatore--- via
> CQ-Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:
>
>  The format of the competitor calls was announced in advance, along with
> the call of the spotting station that would put out SSB spots. That didn't
> prevent oodles of busted spots since none of those A4#! format calls was in
> history files or Super Check Partial files - you weren't alone!
> The ARRL log checking stats should be fun to see...
> 73 John K3TN
> Barry WA2VIU said:
> > ... Also, maybe I
> missed it but I was unprepared for double number calls, and copied I43C as
> IV3C. Was there a notice in advance of what format the contest team calls
> would be? Would be good to know for next time. I was operating unassisted
> and therefore did not look up any of the real-time spotting sites that
> would have told me this info during contest.
>
>
>
>
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