[ct-user] CY9SS AND RAC

[R Johnson]

Hi Mike:
CY9SS is the callsign of the current (7JUN05 to 7JUL05) DXpedition on
St. Paul's Island located in the Gulf of St Lawrence, north of Nova Scotia.

There will be another DXpedition, CY0AA, between 27JUL05 and 3AUG05 on
Sable Island which is E.S.E. of Nova Scotia.

CY9 and CY0 are the prefixes assigned by the Canadian Government.
Normally they are considered separate DXCC entities, but during the
RAC "Canada Day" and the RAC "Winter Contest", they are designated an
part of Nova Scotia using the "NS" multiplier.

If you Google CY9SS or CY0AA, you will be able to see some of the hardships
these operators have to overcome. Also you will find quite a bit of interesting
history on these two Islands.

Hope this answers your question.

73
Bob, K1VU  

At 11:03 7/1/2005, Mike Brown wrote:
>Just out of curiosity, why was he signing CY9? I know special events bring 
>out special calls, but I wouldn't think using another countries could be 
>used. No offense to the ops of those calls, I'm just curious.
>
>73, Mike K9MI
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
>To: "Charles Wooten NF4A" <nf4a at knology.net>; <ct-user at contesting.com>
>Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 2:03 PM
>Subject: Re: [ct-user] CY9SS AND RAC
>
>
>> --- Charles Wooten NF4A <nf4a at knology.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Using 9.92.001  When logging CY9SS in NS, CT is asking for number 
>>> ....will
>>> not accept NS...looked at RAC.DAT and it shows CY9 in NS..... Any ideas?
>>
>> CY9 is NOT a VE prefix.  You won't be able to log it unless you monkey 
>> with the
>> country file (move CY9 from CY9 to VE).
>>
>> Just make a note and manually edit the Cabrillo log at the end of the 
>> 'test.
>>
>> 73 - Jim AD1C
>>
>>
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