[RTTY] WB2COY/P Operation = DX?

[Gary McAdams]

Bob,

Your location is correct.

What the robot is probably reacting to is the portable designation. "/P" 
in a contest would most likely be interpreted incorrectly by an 
automated responder where a human would recognize that you were simply 
indicating portable operation.

Bear in mind that we in the USA are no longer required to indicate 
mobile "/M" or portable "/P" on our callsign. Doing so will simply 
confuse matters unnecessarily as it has in your case.

Just try re-submitting the log with your "WNY"locator which is your ARRL 
section, but leaving off the /P addition. I can bet that most of the 
people who worked you would leave that off, if only because their 
logging programs would have the same difficulty that the CQWW robot is 
having.

73 Gary

On 9/28/2016 7:26 AM, Bob WB2COY wrote:
> I'm getting a lot of offline responses indicating that I should use NY as my LOCATION. I operated as WB2COY/P, which is how (most) stations responded to my S&P calls. My Exchange was 599 05 NY, which is correct. The LOCATION field I am talking about is in the Cabrillo Header area:
>
> START-OF-LOG: 3.0
> LOCATION: WNY     <-- HERE
> CALLSIGN: WB2COY/P
> CLUB: None
> CONTEST: CQ-WW-RTTY
>
> I was operating from Western New York (WNY) from a campground for the contest. I think the robot is parsing my callsign's /P and thinking I operated from outside the USA! As a last resort, I will put DX in there and submit a CHECKLOG so that the stations that I worked will not lose credit for the contact. Hopefully, this will work.
>
> 73, Bob WB2COY
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