[UK-CONTEST] Long calls.

[Colin Wilson]

Bernie

I always enjoy the IOTA and for the past few years have operated out of 
Arran as MM3M and MM1M (Although the licence states M3M and M1M!). Now to 
your question, are you resident again in Gods Country? If so you should 
update your licence operating address to Scotland otherwise you should be 
operating as /A from home!  Some say /A was done away with some years back 
but I have a feeling it was brought back?  I hope this year to find a CT 
island to operate and I am considering a few options at the moment including 
Desertas Island but has huge spiders and I am not that keen on them, anyway 
its a nature reserve so that gets me off the hook on that one! I think most 
likely it will be Porto Santo which should be close enough for UK work too . 
The trick in this contest is to be close enough to the UK to work the low 
bands and get 5 points for every UK station and far enough away to be of 
interest to all!  So perhaps that will get the debate underway?

Best 73 es GL

Colin CT7ACG/G3VCQ/J38CW/ZB2IP/9H3WC



-----Original Message----- 
From: Bernie McIntosh (GM4WZG)
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 9:33 PM
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Long calls.


I was reasonably pleased with my 2009 IOTA result as EA1/G4WZG/P despite all
the repeats my long call produced. The /P was optional but I reckon it was a
good move to use it since in this particular contest I reckon people's ears
prick up when they hear dah-di-di-dah-dit di-dah-dah-dit. On several
occasions I worked a multiplier busy with a pile up after an initial
response of  "/p agn ?"

Fortunately, although now resident in GM, my licence states "G4WZG"
otherwise I presume I would have to sign EA1/GM4WZG/P ? Or do all secondary
modifiers get dropped when working abroad ? Perhaps some knowledgable person
might want to confirm this. Its always fun asking for knowledgable folk to
answer on this reflector :-). Cue different points of view..... At least
there can only be two points of view in this case. Or does someone want to
debate that point....

Seriously, keep up the good work everyone - this is one of the few email
reflectors I read religously.

73

Bernie








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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:33:38 +0000
From: Alex GM3ZBE <alex at gm3zbe.plus.com>
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] ARRL - still time for some fun
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
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You want  to try GM3ZBE/P,  by the time I get it out the other guy is half
way through his next qso ;-) Alex, GM3ZBE

On 07/03/2011 12:01, David G3YYD wrote:
>
> I heard one G station with a 3 letter suffix using /P after his
> (their?) call.  It took him forever to say his call compared to a SCC.
> Been me I would not have used the /P.
>
> 73 David G3YYD






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